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T . * Civil and religious liberty all the world over ] ' Glorious sentiment ! I have filled my glass at the announcement many a tjjoQjeLjandjcdifJb ^
object of interest cometh , another recedeth ; but the cause of civil and religious liberty ! the cause of perfect toleration ! it neither waxeth nor waneth—it is always before me , the grandest , the proudest , the noblest of visions . N . Ah , sir , it is indeed , and we do , yes , I firmly believe *" we do , approach towards its realization ; but we must still be goading
one another on in the way , and , above all , we must be made aware of our inconsistencies . The man who has gained a name for liberality must be more severely dealt with than any , when he starts but one step aside from his career , since for every diverging movement of his inferior spirits will think themselves privileged to wander far and wide indeed .
T , Yes , and to teach men , common-place men , men such as one meets with every day—kind of heart , and by no means dull in mind , —how much they may aid the cause by simple forbearance , by not helping one another to spread nets for tender consciences ; truly , friend N ., I wish thou . couldst engage that excellent pastor of thine to treat the matter with his accustomed sagacity and persuasive eloquence . N . Never cause needed him more . But here comes L . with
his usual bundle of reports and proposals ; now , verily , I know not a man that needs such admonishing more than he ; and yet if I were to insinuate that in the science and practice of toleration he is but a scholar , nay , a babe , thou shouldst mark , friend T ., to what a height would his wonder and indignation extend . As I live , he is coming direct to us . T . Try him , then .
£ . Ah , my good friends , well met . I had not time to speak to you after the glorious meeting yesterday ; what a brilliant affair ! what eloquence ! what a flow of love and charity ! what a spirit of freedom ! But was it not excessively provoking that C . and R . did not choose to support the City Mission ? N , Nay , I like the City Mission , and if everybody present had
inquired into it and come to the same conclusions with myself , no doubt I should have been well pleased . As it was , L ., so far from feeling provoked , 1 think the heartiness with which our chairman greeted C . and R ., though he knew they were opposed to him on this point , was one of the pleasantest circumstances of the day . L , Well , for my part , I cannot understand such excess of charity , and am apt to think it coolness , when every one knows
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1833, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2613/page/8/
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