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.. tt Perspicuity , " sa ^ s Dr . CWpbelJ , f is in a great measure a relative ^ w ^* iy . . A speech may be perspJtju ^ iVs to « SC ; wnlttf to another h imio't i& ^ fte . it 1 $ T j * 6 § sibie intfeedV t-6 Be ^ otsfeftjire' it * pleading befofe the most lear ^^ i and discernin g judges , because the bidder ' s stvle-may be remarttatly perple xed and " iSftWcAtei buB wf&dutf anf rferj ^ ity dt iftfr ^ acy of sry 4 e , it : " ft cfven nitjfe thaii possible , ijhat a man of reading ^ xtd edu « cation shall , speak obscurely , ^ Vh ^ ? he aaare ^ ses h imsel f in a set disburse to Srftpfy a ^ d liberate t&oaleY lt $ tirj &
sr ' citasS of d&rlhie&r ifi this cas # > realty xiidependent of the grammatical stfrtfCt ^ re * of me sentences ^; and * the . gene ^ l character * of tlie style . It * is beside ! ot all £ & * & of oFscMrity , ttizt : wMctf # rt \ % apt to &&rjft ? tHe" notice of a '' * £ 6 « fteri Nothing 5 is more natural than fo ^ ^ niau
to . imagine , thai ; what is intellf ^ i ^ Ie to film ,, is so to every ^ body , or at l ^^ st tnat He 4 > ealis ' withsuffibie nt cksirnH ;^ httf Bouses-the same langtia ^ e ' , afed ' - itviVjtfkl plainness with that in which ^ ha ^ H studied the subject and been acc % t ^ % j ? 4 to read . But however safe this rule d ? jtrdkfrig niaf be iti the ba&i ^ eF aiicl tfi ^' seriator ; who ^ erieriliy ^ dd&biifteft *
discourses to men or similar' ep \ tc ^< 5 te with themselves , and of equal < Xt . jiear-Jy equal abilities and ; learniasv * t- * s-by no means a proper rule for the pr ef ^ ner . « tfnf destinetf ttr be ^ iii' sj ^ r it ^ aP ^ at ^ I ^^^ iflde , \ ti the- blind , aj light to' th £ j& < wfr # are in darkness , an instructor of the
foolish and a teacher . of babes . * There ^ fore , besides the ' offfidary ^ rules iff per * sjfiife'ft ^ i ^ re&Jiect ' -df dfetioK ^ Hi ^ itf cbmntoti with evb ^ other public 6 j , ^ kW he ought to attend to , he muse ad vert to- this in particular , that tf ^ e ter ^ s and phrases he employs in , his discaMrse oe « 6 ft beyohd ^ the reach ot the itfigrfor Tattk ^ of peo ^ pk ; Otherwise his -pt ^ £ h » i ^ g is to the bulk * of his audiei ^ e k u * beating the air ^ whatever the dis co ijirse inay ^ be in itself , the speaker is to' tftdtn { , n 6 ' better th ^ h a sbundnig ^ bV 3 ^ i oia tinkling cymbar . p ^ $ o 3 y 3 ^ f f
Another paragra ^ hslwV' be taflfeW ; from the Lecture , in ^ hi ^ H cfeft *' aWhdr stages the adva rr ^ g ^ s ^ wtftelvwill' aris ^ f ¥ bm" that ^ ut'y of the . scripturesj ind& ' p&r t&tfijtly of syfettriis auti coitim ^ hfS 4 t 6 l ^ 9 Wincb he ret 0 irnnVnd ' ^;
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' ^ Qne ^ advantagie . wcB ^ esejrvji ^ jJg stpdent ' s ? serious , attention is , this , u ffiW ; - ** iHe&l of wiifc ^ mis ^ fflf be : in' a' sitditfea wKei % in fte * Aig ^ g ^ have if in his power . tarjgm ' pioy ! hii 6 i ^ profitably in the , acquisition : of useful knowledge , jana in forminfir habitg of td ^ am : 1 # 3 smfcqhwMm I believe tn $ ® f df fdlf gelftfenicii , a ! l 3 hslve ! ex ' perieilred : wt * ati I . anS . goiijgutJ ™ emipn , . ^ say I c ^ aje ^ ilxco ^ cjivi &t ti ^ r ds mid yoifi « i ^ e 4 J- ^^« ipc - $ iicir a affoVdPve ¥ f K € ele aa ^ ant ^ p lor s ^ or any pla * n of , ceij 3 ij % i . tfikt < : ould well fe ? fi ropds / 4 The bopHs ^ wfeicji , ! f 3 ga | fe recommend ^ , niay not be fdund in th 6 places to wntch your curcumHanc ^ skmay ftWFfofi , alid e ^ tf tli ei M > W o ^ terV
helps iriary not fcepit h ^ nd . Offthg plafi I I » -dpose , ^ a : gr ^ . dedl m ^ T . bji Um wjth no other book ? but the Bible and a Concordance , \ yfcicn are to be found ev ^ y wKerev Si ^ f of yo ^ ai Jan rfc $ Hebrew :, aSd it " is what yxJtralt'dd ^ t
^ p reac l ^ should rfever be withpjut a HSf b fe ^ 1 ? ^' H ^ t -ssjp * A ? i i fflg ' rti to this a copy or the Septuagiht and tn ^ f CFeefef ]< rew Te ^ ameffit' AW if ye have tbes ^ , wHicn' are neither C \ ihiK ® -
sdrne no ^ r e ^ J > en ^ ve , , yc are ^ sb ) rwl ? provided , that it is your , . owa . fault , ' . if ye are not improving : daily . The other books * , vmich I HaVe r ^ ercomrnended / o ^ ytfur * aavaiicerirejhrt ih * thp" idbo ^ Ud ge * of sacred l ^ stpfry , ahd for familiarizing ^ ybli
to the Jewish , manners , * ceremonies , . idj 1 oms , he oneht to use when ye have tap o ^ tat of sja - ^ tuw . ift ought' always * to' reflieiyibfe , tHiV M want ' pf thenti ; neefls njeverj impede'yoiir urqgress , . and consequently is no excuse for your bemgvidle . It is a point t oi wf ? tiM 6 s ^^ Wnseto ^ N ^ y 6 ^ g rii& > tfll wTe' laf do ^ 'J to diem a ^ p * r rikifflW of' cmpioy * l % -their tmiet inct in a certain imagpiar £ sjjtu ^ ti ^ ii "vvhich o »^ might deVise or wish , Wt in tno ^ af ; tukr sttuanbhs ; ik \ fKich ^ tFe * g ^ atir jyarfc oSP ybfu > h % v' < the > rol > Wi £ y of brlog . I hive ^ nown directions J given t 6 s ^ ijdeGts , ' \ yhiclf ^ eeme ^ : o proceed . fig the hypothesis , that they were to live all tfeiir 5 aif 9 ' i n the miifet' of a tiBranf wMrY nb' Horary p ^ bttttct io ^ of afff nam ' e was wanUixg ^ The cbnseqji ^ of ; this . wai th ^ at ^ the , im ^ rac ^ ib . yity of the execution xnaac an ,. the , sage fJ ^ JS
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f 8 « Rtview .- ^ -Cdmptell ' s Lecivr ^ s Systematii -jFtasdtogfy .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 286, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/40/
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