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    on the necessity of such exertions to the preservation of the free institutions of that majestic republic of which he is himself so worthy a citizen . The lesson should not be lost on us . What , after all , are changes in the organization of government , if they do not lead to an effectual reformation in the habits , views , and

    intelligence of the people ? What is the outward form , if a spirit of inward life be not developed , that is in harmony with it ? . This is the work now to be accomplished . We would make it the test of every man ' s patriotism , whether he advocates , in season and out of season , with singleness of aim and undeviating energy of purpose , the intellectual , moral , and religious training of the people .

    Much may be done to prepare the way , by the spontaneous exertions of private benevolence . We are certain that no one can cultivate a friendly and constant intercourse with the poor , sunk and degraded as many of them are , without being comforted and improved . The author of the work before us , and the writer of the introduction to it , both express , in the most glowing terms ,

    their admiration of the moral qualities which they have perpetually met with , in the course of an extensive experience in the humblest ranks of the poor . Their unostentatious , but often splendid benevolence ; their affection , devotedness , and integrity ; their kind and neighbourly concern for each other ' s comfort and happiness ; and the sentiments of delicacy and tenderness which often exist under a rude exterior , and find utterance in a

    plain and homely language ; make us ,, amidst all its vices , honour and love our kind ; discern , amidst all its diversities , and in the very lowest grade of its social developement , the common rudiments of a glorious and immortal nature , and cherish , in spite of occasional doubt and disquietude , the brightest hopes of its onward progress and final destiny .

    The three most powerful nations of the earth , England , France , and the United States of North America , have now formed , we are willing to hope , an indissoluble alliance in the cause of freedom and humanity . What an omen is this for the future

    prospects of mankind ! The little work which we have just noticed , and to which we earnestly invite the attention of our readers , affords a pleasing emblem of their union . It is consecrated to the improvement of the great family of man . It was written in France , and translated in America , and has since been re-edited

    in England . May the wishes so benevolently entertained by the authors of its successive appearance in the old and in the new worlds , be richly fulfilled ! In France , in America , and in England , may

    the voice to which they have thus given utterance , awaken their countrymen to a deeper sense of the duties of their common humanity , and draw closer the sacred bonds of the wide fraternity of the human race !

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    732 On the Relation of the Jrealthy and Educuted Classes , fyc .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1833, page 732, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2624/page/72/