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etai de siege , though a mad and unjustifiable measure , was not opposed , but rather supported , by the majority of the citizens of Paris . We niay conclude that every event in France must be considered as the result of our three-fold character , —military , democratical , and commercial ; or , rather * as the result of the kind of contest and opposition that these principles have among each other .
• However , one thing appears to me certain , nothing—no measure , either of force or skill , will destroy the democratical feature of French society . It may be crushed for a while , but never can be suppressed . Great prudence and great concessions are requisite to save our monarchical form from destruction ; and if violent and imprudent measures are resorted to against democratical spirit , future revolutions are inevitable . Then the hosts of all Europe will be directed to extinguish the flame . Then will be verified
Napoleon ' s strange prediction , when he said , that within a century Europe ' s destiny was to be either Russian or a republic * . —To add a word on philosophical questions : —great scandal was created here by the conduct of the St . Simonian convent at Meuilmontant , during the firing of the 6 th of June . These philosophers and theocrats had solemnly declared , often enough , that in the first bloody encounter between soldiers and the people in Paris , they would come , in sacerdotal pomp , and interpose between the combatants . However , while Paris rung with the noise of musketry
and cannon , they thought proper to remain snug in their retreat . It cannot be denied that prudence is one of the qualities of their doctrine . —You will soon hear of a plan that has been proposed among the Protestants of Paris , to unite , in the sarne organization and same name , the Calvinists and Lutherans of France , who neither of them believe the tenets of Calvin or of Luther . United , we shall show a broader front , and we shall reckon about two mil- «
hons . Sectarian spirit alone can be adverse to the measure ; and that will be overruled . It was well remarked in the meeting , by one of the Calvinist ( so called ) pastors of Paris , that in the nine- * teenth century , and in 1832 , nothing appeared to him more ridiculous than to see any Protestant Christian styling himself either Calvinist or Lutheran .
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Matt . IV . I , etseq . Whatever interpretation we give to the extraordinary narrative contained in this passage , it will be found impossible to reconcile it with the common idea of the superhuman , and still more of the divine nature of Christ . But more especially will this remark appear to be true of the literal interpretation , which yet is most generally prevalent among those who ascribe to Jesus omniscience and other attributes of divinity . Did he know who it was
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1832, page 495, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1816/page/63/
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