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crime , arid to expose to ' future punishfrient . Reverse this , and let suicide De hot disreputable , let a general conviction ekxst that this ivorld ends all human feelihg , and I apprehend that Tiuridreds of thousands -would thus
< $ ie , I am persuaded that a great part of mankind , after the age of thirty , and many ^ before that age , would pre-| er if it were a matter of choice , annihilation to the existence thfey support . Alt that has been said about the horrors of annihilation is .
downright rant , as I think your able cort ; espoii 4 ent Mr . Belsham . has somewhere called it , and I cdtnnot but be Stsfeiiished at what Df . ~' Cogan has J saitf about the dread of annihilation " amongst mankind . A careful survey . of th 6 wxkIS , I think , will soon
eonvince us that what ' evet be the end of Gpd in creating man , it is not to L make him happy in thW world * and \ i fiVrnly believe that the balance is Iffgainst ihfo majority of h ^ unah beings -here . 'Miose philosophers who said- — the best thifig possible was never to Wbdrn ^ ' atul the n 6 ^ i best , to die the
nflrur of one ' s birth—appear to me to have spoken wisel y * ' , " A modern pfiilbsopUer ordered to fee inscribed on his tonrb that he ' "Was with life contented and thankful . iJSfow I : kfiew this philosopher ^ and llkve hekrd him say that he was per-&V
/ ple ^ eSdT fosV hcJw' ta dispose of his " cMMhMf ; fcf whitfh he ^ utiforturiatelv ; Kad ih ^ n ^ until lie Mumi onV atii ol 3 ^ ^^ iS ^^ na ' Xvoman wlio took them at ^^ 6 lSfFI > 1 rtft % r tettipbtiiids eatSif Hud - ^? e i& vet heard m 6 fe 6 £ ' therfi 1 CbhmnM ' k ^ l ^ atiicffii ! . mt ^ afl the h « RtldreiV reikbh to be tKiHfcft ^? Who y trtd 4 tft i&Met hevfejr hav ^ extstfenfce Ilfiart ' t ^ Miasfe pleasiirei , ^ t s ^ cl i st j ? a J ^ ## of ^ umani ^ ? 1 fart saj ^^ t * iftere is nbt one of yo < ir cori ^ bon" ^ nt ^ whb woWld j not prefer . amimi-: ? lM < Mi to ^ uch a'l % as this .. tfopiAg ^ ttiit Wotft ^ iiodcei wUl -be tak&r of HPfe ^ reMdtics , ' I ^ emMn , ; spX r ^ Youf ; huinblti Spirant ; Uc ^ fw , " / . ri'M .-.. - ¦; ' ¦ : ¦ , ^ " -yfi . * & : > M . .. Jr'i ^ llil . " ilV . - , _ -3 <¦ ¦ ¦ <¦ , '! , ' » 'N ikiilcy
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must , surely forget " original . sin " which . forms the basis or them all . I * seems scarcely possible to link aiYv thing which is beautiful or exalted with the belief that the heart of than is naturally comtpt * his fa . cnlties morally deprived , and his earliest emotions sinful . Nor does it seem an
enviable creed which teaches us thar the infant is ' * under the wrath ami curse of God , when the smile first begins to dawn over its feature . This doctrine is not a mere , incident associated with certain noble speculations , butj easily separated from them . It is . the ground-work On which the whole edifice of Calvinism is erected .
Hence is deduced the emptiness of mere human virtue , the necessity ot miraculous influence from above , the occasion , of a vicarious sacrifice ^ Ijfcfrce ^ : elpctipn and r ^ probalioii , the eternal torments of bell , and the
mighty spirit of evih Those , ' therefore who . admife the fantastic ornaments of this vast buildings and rejoice in the chillness of its shadow * must be prepared to estimate also the solidity and gtarideur of its '' foundation . r ^ id ttiis to o is somethii ^ for ima-^ natio ri tp doa t ii pb h—someth in g to be / e n ^ b yed as a gfotioti ^ Vision—something for the heart to resY upon armidst the uncertainties % f life ! This is the faith fot wlKoi ^ g ^ ntl ^ c 6 n ^ plations mtr reason x < is to lie despised as wortnlt | s ! For this , hpt only tfte iiiiderstandmg into ft e laid aside , Kut jlhe sweet visions W ^ hfldhood , sltt d ¦' £ tfcfc kindlii ^ iri ^ nibry df orisaii dl iniioeence are %
erer id he rendered 4 i ^ ti ) > The doctrine whWh is t ^ e mam subport of tile Caiyi ^ Tstic system ^ istli rb ^ tte Mt ^ t sprirtk of p ^ etiqa ! joy . Fot ihote is rip tfeeine ; by . whi ^ h thofee : ^* o are blM with ntnifc feeling of poetry are Wi
kindlW inio p . bri g hter asill « lore ( - c | ons enthus . iasru than We i ovousn ^ and ^ urhy f of childhood . . ' They ^| retnicmbet wtxen r ihry wandered thrmt ^ h this world 2 ts El fairy-land—^ jft ^ n it seemed les « a nratt rial thin ^ ' tHiVi an [ ' e ^ cban An c vision—w »® to 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/26/
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