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mountains are the remains of real shells j * he was also the first who taught the true theory of spring's , and in all respects was an eminent and accomplished man . The very form of his works exhibits a proof of original genius ; they consist of dialogues
between Theory and Practice , in which Practice is always the instructor , while Theory is represented as a scholar proud of his own understanding-, but indocile and ignorant . " The high reputation he acquired , and the obligations under which his countrymen stood indebted to him , were however
not sufficient to defend him from the persecution of the League ; for , being a protestant , Matthew de La \ vnay ,+ one of the greatest fanatics of his day , caused him to he dragged to the Bastile at the age of ninety years , J where he signalized himself by acts of firmness and heroism .
" His reply to Henry III . deserves to be commemorated . " My good man , " says the king , if you cannot reconcile yourself to the matter of religion , I shall be compelled to leave you in the hands of my enemies . " " Sire , " said Paiissy , \ was perfectly ready to surrender my life 5 and if the action could have been accompanied with any regret , certainly it must have
vanished , after hearing the great king of France say , ' I am compelled . ' This , Sire , is a situation to which neither yourself nor those who force you to act contrary to your own disposition , can ever reduce me , because I am prepared for death 5 and because neither Your Majesty nor your whole people have the power to compel a simple potter to bend his knee before the images which he fabricates . ! I" III . 226—235 .
In an " Additional Note , ' Mr . Parkes adds , concerning this intrepid man , u Paiissy is said by Fontenelle to have g * one as far in the character of a philoso-« # From the time of Paiissy , this subject seems not to have employed much of the attention of learned men till within these 50 years , when the late Empress of Russia engaged the celebrated M . Pallas to traverse the vast regions of her dominions in Europe and Asia , for the express purpose of investigating the origin and the formation of mountains . The account of the result of these labours , was printed at Paris in 1779 , in a small volume of 90 pages . '
-f This man must not be confounded with the celebrated De Launay who wrote the u Remarks on the Roman Jurisprudence , " and died in 1693 . " u The venerable Paiissy died about the year 1590 . " " || ChaptaFs Elements , vol , ii . p . 90 ; and the Biographical Dictionary , 8 vo , 1798 , ? ol . ii . P . 3 SJ 6 . "
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pher as genius without learning could carry him . This eminent man , when in his pleasant moments , used to say , in reference to his trade as a potter , that " lie had no property whatever , except heaven and earth . ^—Nouveau JDict . Hist , art . Paliss viii . p . 261 For an account of the books published by Paiissy , and of the nature of his writings , consult Platt ' s Jewel House of Art and Nature , part ii . 4 to . London 1594 . " V . 187 . '
The Engravings , twenty-three in number , are , with the exception of one taken from a foreign Journal little known in England , from original drawings ; amongst them is a beautiful portrait of Lord Chancellor Bacon . The value of the work is enhanced by a very copious index .
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588 Review . —Wright ' s Essay on the Doctrine of Original Sin .
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Art . IV . —An Essay on the Doctrine of Original Sin . By R . Wright . 12 mo . pp . 48 . Is . Eaton . 1815 . \* J sinning . The phrase , like that of the Trinity , is not scriptural , but of human invention . The imputation of sin where there is none actually is immoral : it is a false charge : amongst men it bears the name of calumny ; yet it is a point of orthodoxy that this wrong imputation is made by the Creator against his creature man .
In the ninth Article of the Church of England , " Original Sin" is pleasantly phrased " Birth Sin , " which ii tantamount to the sin of being born . No one part of the popular system is , in the view of its advocates more
important , or in our view more pernicious , than this doctrine . We are therefore pleased that Mr . Wright has taken it up in the present little work . With great simplicity he has at once stated and refuted it , and we cordially recommend his Essay to all that
love truth and fear God and repose confidence in the scriptures . If with Mr . Wright ' s Essay the reader study also Dr . Cogan ' s Letters to Mr . WiJberforce on Hereditary Depravity , » e will have a complete view of the subject and will be compelled , we think , to reject the unholy doctrine of Satnt Augustine and the dark ages , and to ascribe righteousness to his Maker *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/56/
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