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the world ideas which time and the march of eveuts will cause to germinate and to flourish . The examination which this progression will render necessary , will destroy those clouds and errors which now surrouud us , and will leave to the new system only the reorganization of the social state .
The Globe does not altogether abandon all religions beliefs ; on the contrary , it ouly strives to get rid of them , that it may fix in their place the temple of St . iSimon . Every day it points out , with a truth really alarming , the moral disease
of the times , the want of all faith , and the absence of every religious tie . It attempts to shew , in particular , that Catholicism is worn out , and that the religion which is now established amongst us is a phantom only supported and kept up by long habit .
Those , however , who have proclaimed the death of that colossus which has governed the world , have called forth some powerful minds . A man of great acquirements and brilliant talents has endeavoured to arouse his brethren bv a powerful appeal in favour of his religion . He announces that Christianity will revive in a new form . M . de la Maunais
well kuew that if he wished the age to understand him , he must speak its language ; and he has published the " Avenir . " He likewise knew that iu order to revive Catholicism , it must be deprived of its impure connexion with the state , and the agents of it of their riches and their taste for the pleasures of the world . He also knew that ail slavish doctriues
are for ever banished , and that in future every theory must support liberty . He has therefore takeu for his motto two beautiful words , for a long period opposed to each other , " Dieu et la Liberte " . " He thinks that science is the most powerful engine in the present day , and that it will be reunited with faith , from which it has been so long separated .
The design of "LAvenir" is , therefore , 1 st , to obtain from the state complete liberty of worship and instruction ; 2 nd , to induce the clergy to refuse all pay ; and , last , to regain for Catholicism its former influeuce by poverty and free preaching . Some persons attribute to him secret plans ; we see no reason for such suspicion , and it will be time to oppose them whenever an attempt is made to carry them into execution .
Now , we ought to applaud the men who demand that which we have been so long looking for , both for them and ourselves , liberty , * ' L'Avenir , " then , supports the popular side , and all liberal
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ideas m their largest acceptation ; It never hides its sympathy with the revolution of July , with Belgium , with Poland , with Ireland ; and we must acknowledge that Catholicism was never defeuded by purer means or more brilliant talents . Is there any foundation for this hope of M . de la Maunais ? Is it a belief which can a second time prevail over the world ? Is Catholicism compatible with the manners and customs of modern society ? Will it be possible to induce Catholic priests to sacrifice all the luxuries of life ? And if Catholicism should be a second time triumphant , will it not stifle that liberty which it should support ? These are questions which time alone can answer .
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Art . VIII . —Framlingham . A Nurratlve of the Castle . In Four Cantos . By James Bird . Baldwin and Cradock . 1831 . The appearance of another work from the pen of Mr . Bird is a proof that his labours are acceptable to the public . Our own experience of the effect of the work before us prevents our wondering at this . Believing the age of long poems to be
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Art . VII . — The Young Philosophers . By a Lady . London : Mardon . Reprinted from the American Edition . We have never been able to see the advantage of reprinting American books which have no recommendation but their being American : nor can we think it
necessary to perpetuate the errors of the original . Do our children want such science as this ? " .... This circumstance is a very striking instance of the goodness and wisdom of the Creator . For , were water contracted instead of being expanded by freezing , the ice , in that case being heavier in proportion to its bulk , would sink , and the streams would overflow , and drown and desolate the country around . " P . 50 .
And what will children make of such a style as this ? " Ed . Pretty small streams ( on the window panes ) I suspect , Lucy . ' L . Yes , I know they are small , but it does run down the windows some . Then , after the fires are put out , and the room becomes cold , it freezes ou , I suppose . But why don't this happen in the day-time ?"— -P . 37 .
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Critical Notices . — Miser Han eous .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/44/
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