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GLEANINGS ; OR, SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING.
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Are private vices public benefits ? In other words , is what is called a great , powerful and flourishing state of society , necessarily corrupt or vicious ? 1 tVhat are the advantages and disadvantages of foreign commerce ? What are the advantaged and disadvantages of luxury—of the fine arts- —of large towns—of immense fortunes—of
hereditary wealth and titles—of abridging labour by machinery , &c . &c . ? Have public amusements , as the theatre , the opera , &c . a good or bad tendency ? Have works of fiction , as plays , novels ,
poesies , 8 cc . a good or bad tendency ? \ Vhat are the true origin , nature and tendency of gallantry , cicisbeism , &c ? What are the origin , nature and
tendency of politeness ? Is it ( as Mandevilie represents it ) essentially insincere or hypocritical , the slavish offspring of despotic courts ? What is the real value of what are called accomplishments ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the modern plan of education ? What parts of modem education are useful—what parts are
useless—what parts are mischievous ? What are the advantages and disadvantages respectively of universities , colleges , day-schools , boarding-schools , &c . ? Is it probable that there might be more of useful learning and true science without any of them ? Whether are maxims and manners or laws
and institutions of greatest importance to the well-being of commonwealths ? Is it possible to have a system of laws so simple as to preclude the necessity of professional lawyers ? Is it possible to have justice administered in a well ordered commonwealth without a code
of laws ? Are there any absolute or abstract principles of justice ? What is the firmest and broadest basis of equity ? What is the fairest or least aroitrary title to property ? What are ihe best preventives of faction , commotion , fraud , violence , discontent ,
&c . in a commonwealth ? What are the most effectual means of preserving a commonwealth in the even tenour of progressive improvement , equi-distant from despotism and anarch y ? "What is the great central principle , round which a commonwealth must
constantly revolve , to have the greatest sum of freedom , dignity and happiness , and most security from despotism and anarchy- *—external and internal war ? Is it possible and desirable to raise a
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whole people into a philosophical $# . ciety ? What are the best means for that purpose ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of ecclesiasti cal establishments ? Are they compatible with the peace , security and progressive improvement of a well-ordered
commonwealth ? Are any religious sects or factions ( two or more congregation * united into one body ) , whether established or tolerated , compatible with the well-being of commonwealths ? Are charities of any description benefits or , injuries to society ?
These , Sir , are a few of such queries as 1 should be glad to see well answered in your pages . Crude thoughts in loose remarks will serve no good purpose ; but if some of your readers will digest or think any of the above queries into simple , clear , distinct , selfevident , or demonstrable propositions , they will confer a benefit on . society , and very much oblige \ Your Correspondent , JAMES GILCHRIST .
Gleanings ; Or, Selections And Reflections Made In A Course Of General Reading.
GLEANINGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING .
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No . GCLXXII . Lord Clarendons Character of the Emperor Julian . " And now , succeeded Julian in the Empire ; whether an apostate or no , may for aught I know be lawfully doubted . That he was a great p . nemv to the Christians , and that he
found a way more to discredit and dishonour Christianity by his wit and mirth and scoffs and discountenance , (^ which made a greater impression upon the Christians of that age , and made more of them to renounce their faith ,
than anyone of the fiery and hloody persecutions had done ) is very clear : yet I have never seen ground enough to conclude that he ever embraced the Christian faith , or was instructed in it ; for though he had conformed in some outward appearance , to the commands
of his uncle the Emperor Constantino yet he appeared always addicted to the religion of the Gentiles , in which he was very learned ; and taking him as a Gentile , he may well be looked upon as a prince of extraordinary virtue , and one , who if he had not been carried by a wonderful providence , and against all ihe advice at Jus { rietl ¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1816, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2456/page/30/
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