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^ Easeertttiynitarlan Socfety ^ ( p . 483 , ) whether they goiback to the 17 th centiuy vv | iea > tliey speak of ^ tf the old NoncDiiformists ^? In that case , where , unless tfcer ^ tf */ theifc over with a te ^ f ^ , can we discover , ^/ i | h 4 if desire to tfemove > all the degrading obstacles which hinder the spread of truth /* tracihg themv as a community of Christkn- professed , through their prosperous and adverse fortune , and to
not confining ^ ourselves a very few characters \ tho form a mere spot of azure mfte clowded $ ky ; inen who may be said to have lived a century , at least , before their contemporaries >
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f &m pii ^ lk ' w ^ -fNiwi& fact , that science never arosfe or n ^ rished long , but in a republic , or und& a monarchy so limited as to app& ^ b the TOjmbIi&i& fqrm ; ft i ^ rel % p ceded , that / despotic monarchies have , occasionally , given birth fo afiPtna&iJ
dual of extraordinary genius , who , like a palm-tree in the desart , has flourished amidst sterility and desolation ; but the atmosphere of tyranliy is tdo efflft ling , its soil is uncongenial to the growth of science , and even Jf traris- ^
pkhted thither from mdr 0 Wv ^ W W gions , it quidcly withers , droops and perishes . In- a republic , no laws can be enacted but by general consent , - which consent can never be obtained but for the general good . c * JP ^ t > i » law , " says Mr . Htime , proise ^ sj ^ 4 curity , from secttrity- teisui ^ w $ Mjtleisure curiosity , and fi $ m ^^ 00 ^ knowledge . " ^ s acute philosbpHet observes , in another ^ plac ^^; ty&f * . ' lmexpect that the arts and sciences should take their first rise in a monarchy J , ^ sltQ GXitedt a coittradkition . ^ n v ^ (^ E ^ rp ^ , the fouriMn of scienqe , it is
true , Was a kin ^ dm j bpti tind 6 r' i ) rotectuig influence of ni ' st and wise laws , the lanrfy Sfffee ' '& $ Ck&& 8 & noxious qvialities ; it had little r ^ emblance to other monarelues of . aAqient or modern ' : times ' , ' ' ^* ' tw& | 'V | KM free nation : its minces fiad riot'We
power of beconiui ^ ' tyrant ^ , smdEpp ^ sidered themselves tady 1 ^ 4 We 4 M [ r eitiZeu 8 < < of the state / co ^^ R thev ; ^^ wei ^ i t he ofcjeet * 'of ' « ti « PH | rather thaj > of aversion , of ldVe : r&ler J than ' . ' ofiterrol . " ' ¦ ¦ &fem&mfa m
lightened and polished , state in Wr ^ ee ^ i was < a- ^ iiife / # ^ ocj ^^ iml ^^ straints-were laid on th ^ telovMc ^ f the ^ fei ^ Y ^ e' -th ^ KtWSl iWattd sfififee ^ tot ; li || U «« J ^» solitary examples oP'th 6 ^^ r | Pa | ifip be adaii ^ , ^ ey a te ^ oWSPi tothe ^ erjl rnic ^ dJr ^^ K l Kiffi ^^^^^^ K
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Sir , v -i June 19 , 1820 : IN reviewing the history of past ages , it is melancholy to trace the retrogradation of science and the arts in those countries where once they flourished in their utmost splendour . In some once-hiffhlyfavoured regions , the sun of knowledge seems to have set
for ever . > And if , in others ,: some faint beams , struggling tlirough the dense clouds which . J $ ow overshadow them , cast a pal ^ ^ nd cheerless light , it serves buf ^ |^ mark tP the degenerate inhabit tants the wisdom and genius of their
ancestors , without exciting in thentorpid bosoms one spark of emulation . Egypt—the cradle of philosophy , the titt ^ ferJrbf ^ ciSnfe ; ahd tf ^' sUHxil of > visdom ; great in aims , btitfiSr more glorious in ; p ^ acerr-Egypt , whose stream of kriowfedge ^ like hei ^ own Nile , overflovvmc its briirihai banks ' fertilized
and enriched wherever it spread—what is Egypt now ? Let us turn our eyes to Greece—once the seat of the arts , and the favourite residehce of the miises—v ^ hoae sons , with souls pure as their jiative breezes , soucrht but to live
while Aw jbhaled the breath of freedomwr { -iWhat mm isi she ? 4 < * Tis Orgpcey-but living Greece * no uiore . ^ Thoseimtion 8 which onle shone like lamps inV the firmament of heaveh ; daj&M ! j ^^« tjri % L witfo \ t&e V ^ m ^ dence of tiieu ! b % are now the ^ ^ Wi ^* W : P ^ SI ^^^^ HI
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 637, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/9/
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