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iq ^ the sake of the pu b li c , nn $ for th « benefit of tr ^ Bth , it were to be wished , I hat a fpan of Mendelssofaa ' s powers bad laid before
4 fae world the progress and the issue of his reflections on the claims of the Christian doctrine . From the tenor and languag . e of fcis letter , he seems to hav £ im ^ - gilied , that by receiving the gq $ jiel & § would resounce his belief of
4 b *! divine origin of Judaism . But * fejs option is a palpable err # ^ ; p hhosgh it be 001 uncommon # tpi # itg his Jewish brethren . f / jjjia de ^ h was hastened by his j&al in vindicating the memory of losing .
Spinoza , himself a Jew * yr&s the author of some philosophical a pec ulatio » s , the tendency of which is generally considered t& be de * $ tr&c&v& of jttMe jirst , principles of natural religion : and * Jacobi , a
< 5 « jpman writer pf iK > £ ork ty * iwforitteti MeadeisSo hf * , hi a private letter , tfta * those ^ prfifCl ^ les bad fc ^ l « y ; 4 | Il ^^ oj ^ 4 J ^ W ? . . dpcejtsed camp ^ nion . Le ^ w ingy M aairf , had xiectered as mtjch to him , not long before his cfissoruticni . Not can it well be doubted that Jacobi
pujt , this sense p <| certain expressions of , <^ e dying philosopher . Mtfndekfoha on the other hand , was persu » 4 ed that his correspondent must have misapprehended LessingV sentiments . In vain , hovtever , j \ & he attempt tp
undccoi ve Jttcobi ; U | vail * did i ? e appeal to the unreserved conridence which » VbsiBte 4 between Lessi ng ^ and ^^ imself , to Jx ^ perfect knpwMgc of his- friends opinions , kw 4 t # the teatimoDy of tbciijc <^ Wm /^ n iAate ^ NQ , «| fplwatii ? ft ^ 9 ^ s ? . , tiifj ^ < ifee pt ^ rty , bvi n&nq j ^ s ^ a c ^ , « Mio «^ . M | ip . » iRAf-a ^ 11 ) 4909 . * W
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pjftWi&jaing tbisco | resjfo » denGe A volarrHnous . coi ^ fcrove rsy rollowecL iiv which marjy oilers tbok a sfi&e . Mendelssohn was thought to hvcvk refuted his antagonist and to ho&e avenged Lessing ; but bis life wak in fact sacrificed to his exertionSw
On the merits of the dispute l | may , not be ve \ ry material to pass 4 jpdgmeni * Lessiu ^ , unw questionabl y ^ was in tEe practice of allowing th « freest sc ^ jie to hie and Jacobi unfortu
inquiries : - nately supposed that philosophical investigations are of necessity bo&tile to reli ^ oa * Neverthele&s , it b difficultI to believe , " tlfat Me n ^ debsohn was ignorant of th& setw timents of his most intimateftiead
pn a point of so muchimportance : and we cannot but aclmire the waxmth of attachment bv ^ WSich be was animated tq the ' defence of Lessing , and the f *\ $ p $ mi px lents of which he gave p " xoBi in
the controversy , notwithstanding the increased weakness of liiFtodity con ^ tt | rtion . . _ , He di ^ d © f aiv , ApoplcSc ^ tke effect of that weaknes % ;^ w \ Sfeiiy 4 th . 1786 , " and wai "ltit ** ted with every mark of hp | iour wjich bis brethren eould shew . ^^ ^ aS ' ' "
Mendelssohn is flea ^ riora having beeja paciicularly amia ble in bis family , t <^ ^ m % tie J ^ iefethed property supicieni for ) fc 6 i » rving ^ tliem 4 rOB | ^« - l * f n »* " - tied QPfor , ipany year ^ * fetail
, trade , and Jj « 4 , supenjKtci ^ e 4 a » ilk-raanufaciwy ; y ^ ? # > P ltoved halit e f frMftp l ft ^ . m ^ SJ ^ man of buwij ^ N ^ . ' ifflPJE ^ * accu ^ med , > - ^ e # U » « J *» as
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/5/
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