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naany of them enjjpined , under the heaviest pains and penalties , that they should--be understood precisely in the sense which they thought fit to prescribe . They were all , excepting a small number who had imbibed The
true spirit of the instructions , decidedly against any persons , excepting , themselves , p resuming to open their mouths iri public assemblies , so that their decisions for the most part assumed the character of laws ; and the body of the operators , who , alas ! in general ,
were too little disposed to it , were much prevented from reasoning , or holding sweet converse together , upon the subjects which related to their common employment . This conduct , of the few who undertook to expound the instructions , was the more
extraordinary * as by so doing , thuy were themselves in the constant habit of violating an express injunction of the common Master . * Notwithstanding these obstacles light gradually broke in often through the medium of some of those guides who felt its salutary influence . A
large body of the operators under one of them ( for they generally moved in bodies like a flock too implicitl y following a shepherd ) , embraced the persuasion , that , more depended upon the will of the operators , than some had represented . Hence though they supposed the nature of their calamities , and the means of their deliverance to
be much as has been above described , and were even remarkable for insisting much on the great and sudden change in the machines , which they imagined was conspicuous in certain violent movements , in reality occasioned by the agitated state of the operators ; yet
they certainly laid more stress on their attention to their business than many others . And though while following their employment they were continually fancying that either the good or an evil genius was operating upon their machines , and were often relating to each other curious particulars
about their experiencfs 9 yet as all these were in reality their own doings , they gradually learnt many just , with some t \ jry injudicious distinctions , between the right and wrong movements of the machine . Upon the * wbote they made considerable progress both in point of skill and industry , though not wim-* Matfc ** m . iU » tU' u
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out giving a very unf ^ Vputable bent fat the operations of jheir machines upon some neighbouring ^ operators , wh 0 could not enter into their fancies
The ume would fail were I to at . tempt to particularize the various dU » coveries and improVe ' ilients which have been made and are still in progress . The attention of a few Only has yel been directed to obtain a more distinct
view of the Genius , and of the operator whose merits have been so signally rewarded . s In this attempt , notwithstanding flie opposition and annoyance which they have met with from the
lovers of mystery and enchantment , they have succeeded , first in distinl guishing them from each other , and then in recognising each of them in his true character . They have also learnt that _ each operator will reap benefits , precisely in proportion to the grateful and proper use which he
makes * of the excellent p iece of mecha * ni $ m which has been kindl y placed ia his hands . And by availing themselves of the advantageous circumstances in which they stand for appre * hending the true structure of the machines , and the genuine purport of the instructions , witn the necessity of
applying closel y to their business , actuated by a principle of gratitude to the Genius , of generous regard to the interests of each other , and of all their fellow operators , whatever may be their p rogress or want of progress either in knowledge , skill or industry , there is
every reason to conclude , that they may rise to distinguished eminence in their employment . Then when this great Genius both of power and beneficence , shall perform his promibe of
re-fahrieating the whole system of mechanism , upon that highly improved plan of which a pattern has been given , they will find little difficulty in applying their respective instruments to the most lastingly beneficial uses .
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Sir , Au&usf 6 > IS 16 . A CORRESPONDfeNW in your JT 3 L last number , [ p- 39 * 2 , # 9 <> -l signs himself t \ R . S . proposes two questions , which he wishes me to answer through the -medium of your Repository ;—the one respecting &J projected History of UnitarianUm
, ^ other concerning the translation of tw Racovian Catechism , which was wh ago announced as ir * prepay **?* ' With your leave . Sfr , t ¦ Wffl > * , "
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454 3 Jr . Rees in Repfy to TV & . S . on his History qf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 454, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/18/
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