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ifi precision , bjr the means of the mtfOTiiite—anr- ^ . jai combination with the cfefirfMve . Dr . Carpenter has truly remarked , that Dr . Mtddleton ' s exceptions and
limitations furnish sufficient testimonies that Mr . Sharp ' s construction o £ tht controverted passages is not required by the Greek idiom . Dr . M . says « 4 that all' nouns are excluded from the
rule , except those which are significant of character . " When £ ;~ 0 £ is * subject to the rule , it signifies nothing more -than a divine character ; to which every Christian ought to aspire , I am desirous of expressing a hope
that your able correspondent , Dr . Charles Lloyd , will not allow •* the vict ory to be silently conceded . " Silence is aot always an occasion of triumph . The Trojan Chief , though clad m the armour of Achilles , boasted
not of victory , while the Grecian Hero was silent in his tent . Why will not I ) r . XJoyd himself , or his worth y friend ' , Mr . R . Taylor , pro mote the interests of Biblical criticism , by communicating to your Repository their view of those principles , which pjrove to demonstration that the Deity o £ Christ is * pot to be infetarexl by any right application of the Article to
passages in the New Testament *—* ' Truth , " says Berkeley , " is the cry of all , but the game of a few /* If they interfere to decide this controversy , we may then say with the bard- — - " This battle fifce § like to the morning ' s war '
When dying clouds contend with . grow-, insKght . " K doctrine , that depends , like the + Deity ° f the Lt ) gos , on the application of an A rt icle * kj a dead language , while in ¥ » pg ^ l ^ guagea it va ries with the thought ^ of men , apd tHeir $ a £ nral Wpw , may be pronounced , in the f < rtfi * of Papal Benediction , to be * ,
# Jfi articulo mortis " . \ am , Sir , with great respect , &c . WtlXl AM Ev 7 : NS , j P . S , Such ^ contribution as I haver tyuf solicited would not supersede a * flparatie publication , prepared by I > r . T % d , da the Oreek pre-pqsitiVe Ar" ** % PrvfeasopPorson cpmm \« riicated ^ n jof h ^* l ^ itera tp &is , * to be l P ^ e 44 | i the Ge ^ t | em | to > Mmwxne *
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St B i ^^ e , Jul 2 / 5 , rSTB . i 3 k ^ W P& cpminunipaition T - ^ fa $ tt * , a plan Yor elevating all
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the subjects of these realms , even the poorest among them , to the honourable rank of kings , without endangering their allegiance to our rightful sovereign
King George . Should it on the perusal meet with your approbation , it [ 3 very much at your service for insertiou in your valuable Repository , Your occasional Correspondent , T . HOWE .
Ambition is natural to man , and the mind destitute of all species of it # ( if such a supposition may be admitted ) would be dormant and inactive . Feeling no stimulus for exertion , it would remain stationary , and make no
improvement in science , or any other ex * cellent attainment . It would resemble a vessel on the bosom of the ocean , so becalmed as to make no progress in any direction- Motives of ambition of some kind or other are as necessary to put the mind in motion , and call forth its
latent energies , as the wind at sea to waft the sailing ships to their desired ports . Whether in anv supposed case it be censurable or laudable , depends upon the object to which it is directed . From early association of ideas , from hearins
the p leasures , riches and honours of the world highly extolled , young persons are led to estimate them beyond their due value . As they advance in years , some or other of these objects present themselves to excite their ambition .
Rank and pre-eminence among their fellow creatures , are the wish of most persons , and the aim of those who are placed in such situations , as to give them a chance of obtaining them . To be , however , in some ot the highest conditions df society , is the lot but of
few . To sit on the throne and wear the crown of royalty , is the peculiar honour of oiie only of our fellow mortals , till incapacity or death maltes way for his successor . This at least is the constitution of our own country . It may therefore at the first view excite
the Astonishment of iny readers to be told * that the present writer has a plan to communicate . to the public , ( whicH indeed did not originate with himsen , ) whereby all persons may become kings ,
a ^ nd exercise rega l go vernment . Let not ' the zealous royalist be alarmed'j * he maV be ; assured that there is no treason in tfie proposal : it does > mt interfere \ vith the allegiance die to his Majesty The . plan indeed , if dulV executed , would make persons of aJt classes d £ the community Jbtra '( even the mean&st ,
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Jtfr / Ftotibe on Moral Improvement . 449
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 449, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/13/
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