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has hitherto existed fn any part of the globe ; and othef ^ ir ^ aj ^ af i ^ p ^^ are about to arise , also beyond yoiu ^ control , which will render it flfltqi sary for you , Sire , and those whom you may call to your couiicijg / to decide whether this power shall be now directed to produce the # 6 od or the evil , " ' ^ '" > 1
^ Mr Owen indulges in confident anticipations of the immediate fulfilment of all his wished-for changes . In the same address to the K } ng , with which the book opens , he says , " Under your reign , Sire , the change from this system , with all its evil consequence , to another founded on self-evident truths , ensuring- happiness tft al | t will , in all probability , be achieved ; and your name , ami tJte
names of those who now govern the nations of the world , will tH recorded as actors , in a period the most important that hats £ Vet occurred in the history of mankind . The world in it& pfedeot niental darkness will rashly pronounce this change to be lmpmc ^ tieable , or if practicable , that it will be the work of ages . Jtlera ^ all men err . The great circumstances of nature and tlie existing state of human affairs are full ripe for the change ; x * o < w * material is deficient , and man cannot longer govern a * an wkhciit forming 3 union of governments and nations to effect this ch&ng *^ W ^ e eagerly enquire how is this noble work to be accomplis h * *^ and fufe informed , as we proceed with the same , letterrrrr ^ A ' AiiMon
of governments and nations is now required ^ to re ^ ceitsittiifce society upon a new and solid basis , and to secure to <* he > bihnwi race peace and happiness . A very likely thing to happett truly ! We shall as soon expect to see— : ic mm \ " The lion sporting in the sun - » f 'muxiu Beside the dreadless kid . " , >•> '¦ - » ) k ioI
It is chiefly tliis mistake which brings the opinidns of Mr ^ OWft iato ^ diaiepute among the wise , while with the gefteMttty W success in conversion is so small , that we workfer he ? tJ ( xe $ * tiu see tlntl the mind and feelings cannot instantly be dDifmn 8 eif 5 ff ' the cnp ^ ors of a gross selfishness , and adopt an enli ghtcnip ^ f . 'Bra M ^ Y volence . When once the human being has been so iaSfTO ? I
verted # 8 to be what we call a selfish character ( and WljaS , ** WnO Kas not in some degree suffered this distortion !) it is by d' ^ ^ re ^ s o « ty tJiat he is reclaimed—a fact of which every one * wil { ttfe cfln-Ytnced who studies the movements and ameliorations of'Ti ^ iiVm
disposition . When Portia telh * Shy lock that— ^' 1 u Mercy is twice blessed ; ¦ ' ' i ¦ ft It blesseth him that eives and him that tales . * ' ' *' . , ° ¦ ' ¦ - ' . ¦¦ - . ' / ill
He replies— < / : ir » " By my soul I swear ' n ;^ fi There i » no power in the tongue of m&ft , > ' " >! " To alter voe—1 stay here on my bond , " < - •¦?• ' lo hwi
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The Book of the New Moral World . . 745
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1836, page 745, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2664/page/29/
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