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ing station in society , he is under lip obligation to interfere in any way with such public matters as affect the community to which he belongs , be they to the prejudice pr advantage of the individuals who are his neighbours * We are
not , at present , going to dwell on the unmanliness of this principle , which is too commonly avowed , and more commonly acted on ; we are not going to hold it up to contempt as a renunciation of the very essence of that character of national superiority , of which
Britons are not backward to boast;—we vfish onlyi in a few words , to put it seriously to the reflection of those who accept our remarks as they are meant , — -that is to say , as
a call to exercising their minds on important truths , —whether it does libt involve a gross breach of com * nnon moralityy as well as a vile insensibilhy to what is elevated in feeling and honourable in reputation ? There is , in this respect , a
great deficiency in the usual systems of instruction , whether they lfqw from parents > seminaries , or pulpits ; and the omission is to be traced to a paltry spirit of selfishness . Let any one , desirous of
forming a correct judgment en this matter , take a review , within the ^ p liere of his own observation , of the good that has been effected in his parish , in his town , in his couqty , and in his nation , —as to promoting public convenience , relieving private distress , correcting Wrong , binding up the
brokenhearted , improving the face of society , and giving cheerfulness and beauty to the prospects of mankind , —by one or two persons , of means as individuals perhaps slenftejrer Jthan agios t of those arou nd jfc f ^ n , * bat of philanthropy m ore
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ardent , of views more extensive , of courage more firm , and ambition more noble . There is not a country town , nor a parish in the metropolis , that is not much beholden to some one , who stirs
actively in enterprises that are for the general welfare , instead of keeping his hands closely clenched in his pockets lest he should lose any of their contents , and confining his eyes within the narrow circle of his own affairs lest some
small point of persona ) gain should be overlooked by them . Such conduct , however , forms a striking variation from the common course : —most people would rather owe a large debt of gratitude to others , than incur the risks which beset a
display of public-spiritedness , in whatever ranks it manifests itself * But this is not fair;—in fact , it is very unfair , inasmuch as the dangers of the service are chiefly caused
by the general backwardness to enlist in it . Those who do so engage , are thus rendered marked men , and are peculiarly exposed to the attacks of the enemy , —and
therefore those who do not are just as culpable as if by their own act they deprived the world of all tliose benefits now existing , which lazi *» ness and cowardice such as theirs
would have kept it without , and which have thus called for a degree of self-devotedness in a few , to which it is doubtful whether
society has any claim , and which certainly should not be unnecessarily demanded /'
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Account of the Native Schools in India ,, Sir , The following authentic account of the Native Schools in the peninsula of India , from a gentle-
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On PuhJfc $ pimt . >>* -Natioe Sehepls in India . 4 Vl
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/23/
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