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7 -r v .. _;» ¦ - . " . Speaking of the tendency of the f rarttete ^ ctf iftatt ^ r to ^ o iwf Biii e , yatjt ^ ctirtfesjmndeht very trititii - pliantly' asks , * here is the instance in which they have
combrned 30 as to have produced thesame individual plant or fossil ? Again , ** all the parts of the human frame may he proved indcstrucrible , and they are Conceded to be so ; but where is the evidence that
after they afediscerped by the putrefactive pfoc€ ss they will ag ^ in fee united and produce the same identical being ?" r Had these questions been put to any of the supporters of the
popular creeds , I should not ha * re bteen surprised , but I am at a loss Co conjecture why he should expect me to produce evidence in fevour of absurdities which I have never believed . I have only to advise htm to read my paper
ttgani , atad see if he can discover « ray iking respecting the resurrection of the body , or any hint that could fairly lead him to conclude tbat I ever imagined that the soul erminci of man will be destroyed or decomposed at death , and hereafter re-animated and endued with
its primitive and peculiar faculties ; „ ' On a second perusal , I have no doubt , but he will perceive that the instances which I have adduced from the vegetable and mineral kingdoms w « re not designed to
prove that the destruction of organized beings would be followed by the re-producti 6 i > «> f the same i dentical beings- * -but merely that flie materials . pf which they are composed might tindergo . putrcjfactioti > wad cjven combustion , year after ye \ ar , at # d from age to age , without having any ofthcjrf chen ^ pl properties dcwoycil or
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. impaired ; and lience I inferrrS ^ that if theJ > eity has / tlfinr fureiVtd ^ e ^ 3 for the perpetual- pi ^ ei ia ^ o ^ of the properties of mtUtAr > Wl must haVe made an equal * j > rovi * sion for the protection *) f fhindi ia
for its reA ^ vification tke reli iiv * tegrity of all its parts , and far the restoi-aTian of that consciousness of identity on which the vah * e of existence entirely depends . I am sorry I have occasion Xo extend this paper to stich a lengthy but I find it neci-ssary ta reipark
on another part of your corrc ^ poH * dent ' s letter , and will then con * elude . Jaking an objection to ray remark , that u Man appears to be endued with powers capable' of perpetual and indefinite improve ^
ment /* he says , if he refers to the species ^ 1 accord with hi my if tor the individual * I request his proof . " In reply to this , I have no hesitation ' in saying that I believe
my assertions \ vill apply to every individual of the species , and that this is as capable of proof as any assertion can be on a stibje ^ which is in its nature incapable bf ma . themarical demonstralion ^ In
the first j * lace , is not efery man struck with the absurdity of su p * posing that the Deity " would anui * hilate any of his ivories , especially that he woiuld de ^ roy any of his rational creatures ^? - But if yow con ^ espondent will onfV oillow ^ lhat
the Almighty is : infi # td 3 ^ ^ o 4 I shall have little diflicull > y rw f *^^ ing that man i * 4 » n ^ t » 6 rf wtlH ^ fe ^ ul * t i *& fto ^ roBrto tm g hrs o \^ feMicityi and that he' wiU tewa # jgil .. 6 o ^ llhi ced in a ^ situation Wb ^« * fctesef ^«>
-culties will be capable of ' * pcrp ^" tual ixnd indefinite improvement . ^ ^ plf ^^ ll &^« liVw « Mi iu tbe m & zMfas & M ^^
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- ¦¦• fi & Mr . Partces on Matter and Mind . ' . * -a , .. . . i .... * T _\ ' . ' . .. .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 714, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/8/
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