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legitimate , as in London or Paris , —being about one-fourth or one-fifth of jtfre 4 ml « re nu » b # r © f birlbar- ^ bufc because the marriages do not appear the result of that impassioned sincerity which alone can indiiee true hftbpiaess And continuous satisfaction . We fettf this evil bittat be owing to that " real
education" which tMeh&l that all Worldly good is in the possession of property , and establishes a prudential and insecure marriage , forgetting that the natural and secure bonds of affection ought to constitute its first , as it would its strongest , princi p le . Until the people of a country are taught to reason on the moral and political events of the past , lightly deducing the
various lessons of sound t % per \ eht € t 6 be acted upon in the present and progressively improved in the future ; until they nave learnt to feel as well as know that there is an inherent truth in nature * that must overpower all imposing , forma of Falsehood—ignorance , injustice , and despotism being its worst and most common meat-nation * j —~ nntil they ate taught to know and feel it the duty of all human beings to elevate themselves
in the scale of moral nature , and strive 'to live and move and have their being' as peers of the realm of Mind ** until they know and feel that wisdom and fortitude build up a more secure and lasting road to happiness then place and pension , and that the works of intellect possess in reality what the
deceived imagination so long believed tp be the b » fth-right of hereditary rank and external glory ; until the people are taught to know , and until they are so far elevated as to feel without being taught , that a pure religion at the heart is th ^ pother of all high thoughts and good deeds * and far rsaftoVdd from the tall aud vapid follieti of a legal church—the oootkev of priests and pluracies ; until they become convinced , and unanimously and
constantly resolve to act on the conviction , that sound knowledge is the best wealth of nations , and general happiness its only logical and huiuane application ; the people of a country cannot be said to possess any real education , or constant object of thought and action , that ever will , eter can , or ever ought to lead
them to permanent peace and contentment of soul . The vast flood of things rolls on , atid many must be the wrecks before the " safe arrivals" become general . The attainment of moral and political rights , in the full sense of . the word , rauet necessarily be slow , but the certain result of indefatigable efforts . To be patient on principle is to be strong ti * purpose } to be constant in desire is tof be gftat in sincerity ; to possas * knowledge and
energy is to have all tfa * requisite means , and tb # end will be proportionate to tbe e # fitt&uky « The fete of bum » mty is in its own haqds , R . H . HL ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/15/
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