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As tor # r # & <>™^ r ^ thtsyHfn&te \ & ® ibki ^ of . rfjit ch ^^ ete'r 6 f : ^]« gory , lljey roust be pwmfinetili Tbe Gweiati l ^ ^^ lflg ^ o ^ i ^ H ^^ ir ^ iilit ^ $ ti $ >^ L € ]^ i ^ cMmCiuti ^^ biit it freinaitr ^ l ^ teavsysteth m superstition , but as a reservoir of beauty wfcenee tis ^^ dtdWrrfeffe ^ timetktk perbap& for even As far ars the' su peratrtions of this th
cotiiatiy > s \ 9 b ^ rve ^ same purpose , Jet ttem abide ^ bt * t rrot as etipemitito I ^ 4 wtab nfcdegoblms TJEaf&rfc sen ^ tlii irg of spiritoality i » natarakofei « m evetk in tifie ^ eyes of the labourer ; but without ens ^ srin ^ bis belksf v Without casing on ^^ ng ' of t error to the most sensitive ofMs ebildren a aEefcidtaegcs trcise <* rr irna ^ riati ons by personif y ing aur eonceptiqus ^ ofr ^ Dspiritiiadcafi ^ j feot ? 38 &I& > 9 fe taiJdial ^ the most tiftiid afraid of CToseiftg a cia ^ rehyand b |^ » ioanl % lfl . Nfcet m mt&k all Goiticiclence ^ between ideal impr&sifTOgi aod subsequ « nt <>\* erite , without fostering a belief ii > preseBtiroeirta ; an ( ir ; oteeto /
It « li > a « ld be bortte in mind that if ^ in the progress * of society , l « wrfei « fPi citementsof the imagination are lost , higher aiK ^ better are sdDedtiitexilir jW tke segregate experience of mank 4 nd accumulates , iruthr is , develofB ^ am ) the faculties of the mind approximate to a harmonious actiemt TM imijgifc nation becomes oao « e disposed to exercise itself on forrasi wldcktham ittutti for their essence , and are therefore immortal , than ori those \^ lrich are ^ ifli .
spired with & capricious and transient life * In tbe infeocy of society tM imagiRation can 6 fid the elements of its creations in natureak > n 6 5 [ and th «<« fore its action is , for a tic ^ e , pure . Ifj a rootfe advanced « tate ; Ut ^ eiei laents are chosen ft-oia the dreams of a preceding a ^ e- y aiad it ® ilie ^ titnai ^ exercise gives birth to superstiiion . But the result of a further diseipiiiie of the universe mind is to make the imagination agaia subsenrierct td trBtlvj
wbile the fuiieu development of truth expands and exalts theirnfaginati © B . ^ Hij ^ r ami purer excitements are at length administered by trufeMthAn ^ ver fiprang from dekision , however poetical . The thoughts aDdr-Aeliii ^ 8 i % siL g * $ ^ dvby the exercise of the abstract powers on real objects are'iisor ^ itr * Ijkwjilial and permanent than any which originate in supeTstitiooi the associations which chaster around realties , in themselves insignificant ^
ftttbrd a greater variety of excitements than the machinery of pate fictiotil Tt > e igoorant rccHi observes an omen which intimates that a ship is lost at se « . Hei believesj and larueais , and watches for tidings ^ cand ^ fini ^ l ^ uhaps ,-that the iBtiinatiori accords with the fhct - but his concern is more fet th ^ om ^ ri vHan Abe ship . His ideas and feelings are employed , mt ifp © n ! die inlerestg of buaaaftity which are inrolved , ; but w ^ he ^ obfiervdtidn
e « # t < jofiapamson-pf presentimerHs and arbitrary signs . The enlightened mind r in the mean time , is exerci « ed by suggestions which imply no siiper ^ hjaipan i » t ^ f } r ^ i ^ e ^ ^<| Mf tfee stmUcred mast of a vessel , covered witli'W ^ jaod ^ i ^ ^^ j # iftiog ;)! wi % the w ^ ves ^ a host of associations i $ s ^« n » oa € d wi ^ j 4 n ^ nt ^ ii ^ tJi oW t li 4 iateBvention of form ^^ or souiidvfrQffla above , tidings ^« fe $ o || l «[^ y ^ i # Mr # 6 lfe a ^ idide $ tru 0 taoi > : the scene ( i » beh ^ ld- ^ the feteitfoH ^ f fiei ^^^ c ^ i ia ^^^ fOjMepmted forLa moment but ; what © roiwn ^ nkty ^ hrf at
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/30/
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