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with this life—which will most speedily correct the error- —haughty exclusion or friendly admonition ? We suppose that no Unitarian will manifest so * pharisaic a spirit as to affirm that the ministers and people of five hundred Christian congregations in a civilized country are not ' serious * and worthy of esteem . Why then should a defective
education or minor differences exclude the Universalists from the friendly regards of the Unitarians ? The reverse would be the case in this country . Our most learned ministers have been the first to join the right hand to humble but worthy fellow labourers , in the conviction , that as each have a work to do , so each may do a work equally acceptable to their common master . And out of the ranks of Universalists
some of our churches have received many and those valuable members . There may be in the United States local circumstances which we cannot estimate ; but we must say , that they must be very strong ones for us to hold the Transatlantic Unitarians wholly blameless .
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POLITICAL . SCIENCE , HISTORY , AND BIOGRAPHYof
The Hill and the Valley , (^ Illustrations Political Economy \ No , 2 . ) By Harriet Martineau . Is . 6 d . The reception of the first number of Miss Martineau ' s projected work has already ascertained its decided success . She has only to hold on in the course she has commenced ; it must prove one of high honour and public usefulness . The tale now before us not only answers its
avowed purpose well , but various other purposes also ; and many valuable lessons may be learned from it , besides those of political economy . Considered merely as a story , it is entitled to no mean rank among works of fiction . Its materials are homely , but they are put together with a power which the writer has not before evinced , and which combines the production of intellectual profit with that of lively interest and strong emotion . Some of the descriptions , and the
characters of Armstrong and of Paul , are not unworthy of our most gifted literary artists . It was once said , that the attempt was vain to border the Unitarian controversy with flowers ; our author has accomplished what might have been reckoned yet more difficult , and set the doctrine of Capital in a beautiful frame-work of simplicity , taste , and feeling ; . The tale is well timed ; for sad mistakes on the relative importance of labour and capital , and the effects of machinery , are abroad amongst the poor , and few there are qualified , even if disposed , to put them right . Every man of intelligence and benevolence should exert
himself to promote its circulation . There is a slight fault , but it should be amended : the writer is often happy in her figurative titles , but let her beware , lest that felicity lead her into obscurity and affectation . If properly encouraged , as we feel sure it must be , the beneficial influence of this publication must soon be felt . At a public meeting 1 the other day , while a speaker connected with Spitalfiefds was urging an application for legislative interference for the protection of the silkweavers , a voice from the crowd exclaimed , tve want Harriet Afartineau here I
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Critical' Notices >*~ -Theology % Criticism , and Morality . 81 !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1832, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1808/page/67/
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