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      thoroughly , satisfied unless it J * e farther conceded th ^ UnitaVianism is attended with the fewest VhjA fchfe least .. But > 1 & it not be thought that my . object in : thl $ controversy is tq triumph over an bppo 7 nent who doubtless possesses talents an 4 information far superior , to mjr own . Ikly aim is to -vindicate a religion , arAbfe

      and profession ^ of religion , which ; I esteem beyond 4 U others ptu * e and ration f / t and " worth y of all acceptation ^ , a religion inspiring no gloomy terrors , npr commanding liny useless austerities '; ^ rhich represents the Deity as the kiaci

      and beneficent parerit othis creatures ^ and powerfully inculcates universal . benevolence . . / . ' t " I desire to entertain sentiments of respfect arid friendship for estimable characters . p £ eve ^ y persuasion ; nor less for those * who are not convinced that the Deity ^ fryer revealed his will to mankind . Yet I cAraibt conceive it tb be a

      matter ' o ^ no importance * what we be-Heve . Enthusiastic , superstitious and illiberal ideas of reli g ion , are evidently pernicious . And infidelity , though it hiay be' thought to enlarge tHe view ' s ' , ex pand the > m tod , a * nd proMtlote free and generous -sentiments , may be not lea ' s injurious in ^ a different way . It may contract our ideas of trie obligations inr

      cumbent upon us : it may cause * us to think Some duties of little or Ao importance , which yet a ^ of . eteriiil ahS indispensable obligation .. It is , incum ^ tent upon iis as reasonable creatures to exercise oiif u ^ dcrstaiidings in the

      disitovery Of truth ; that we niay not dh the one hand , be led away by the follies and extravagancies , of fanaticism ; nor on the otKer , rashl y and inconsiderately , give u ' p the wnole of revealed religion , without maldn £ dufc inquiry whether or not it be founded on evidence

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      MR . BROOKES , IN REPLY TO MR , DILLWYN \ OK THfi Cl ^ LLiZ-• ATXON OF THE INDIANS .

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      To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .

      Bcrmondscy ^ sir , Dec . . 12 ,. l' $ 0 S . If you think the following Reply to Mr . Dillwyn ' s

      observations ( p . 602 : ) on what I sent you which was inserted p , 491 . worth a pli ^ ce , I shall thank you to eiv £ it < one ; The

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      Uiat Qpght to satisfy a candid and re- ; fleeting mind , for should ( it be found hereafter , that religion is true , and we faaVe ' rejected it without a fair examination df its evidences and ; its doctrine ^ howjean we be considered a § guiltless ? My only aim is to proniote inquiry . liei th ^ dlfiferent views of rel igion be tanvassed w'lr . h perfect freedom ; and

      let those ^ that will not be , ar the test of ^ he most rigid examination , be ingenur ously relinquished . Truth cannot be impaired Dy fair discussion ; npr need fte advocates ever be afraid to Consider objections . I do not . wish to believe Christianity itself , if its evidence prove to be no better than " a baseless fabric ; ' *

      but afri persuaded that it is founded on a rock ; that every assault will only serve to manifest its strength ; ahd that after every objection has been consider * ed nyfiich ingenuity can devise 5 after it has been completely divested of human additions , and truly represented in its

      native Simplicity , genuine Christianity wjjl appear with the greater lustre , liJte gold purified in the furnace . t wish Mr . Editor , I could have coni ^ Ji risied niy answer Irf a shorter coihi p £ ss 5 britJ knowing this to fee my last oppdr ^

      tunity bf engaging in this causey and jrefjecting onthe impprtance of the point in dispute , I was unwilling to , omit any thtrig that 1 a ' ppeaVM liltely t 6 influence the minds of your feadei ^ . ! Ai the sarhe time I wish them to attend . with perfect impartiality to what has been , and to wnat may be advanced on tHe opposite ki&t ; andafter duly cohsiderint both , to 7

      judge and decide for themselves . WitH this view , I shall be extremely happy to hear from my opponent again . I remain , Sir , your ' s , Rj ALLCHINV

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      object of my remarks was to shew , as the Quakers in thc ^ r publications on th& civilisation df the Indians had hott ^ keu a ' nV

      notice of it , that the gaverrinrftit of the United ^ Sta ^ tes was , and Wd for solrne yeAt ^ been erigagr ? d iiV a similar work : and Mr . 0 , hds

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      Slr ^ % rooJcets on the Civilization of the I ? idians . 669

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      vol . 111 . 4 u

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 669, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/33/