...but because, in our judgment, it has more. We are Protestants, not from indifference, but from zeal. We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by * Sit igitur hoc ab initio persuasum civibus, dominos esse omnium rerum ac moderatores, decs ; eaque,...

...against it never set up any of their own, i. 7. effects of it on the colonists of America, ii. 122. the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort, iii. 350. the respect entertained for it in England, iii. 352. a strong sense of it necessary to those...

...large part of such a diet. Thus Edmund Burke said many |y ears ago: "We know, and what« 44 better, feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all pood and of all comfort. ID England we are so convinced of this that there is no met of superstition...

...religion holds out a continuance of bliss; to the wretched, a change from pain." — Olicer Goldsmith. " We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that...society, and the source of all good and of all comfort." — Edmund Burke, on the French Revolution. " With all my follies of youth, and, I fear, a few vices...

...obtained authority amongst us. This disposition still remains ; at least in the great body of the people. We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that...society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. In England we are so convinced of this, that there is no rust of superstition, with which the accumulated...

...vitality of the national religion made him look askance upon the freethinkers. We Englishmen, he says, 'know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that...society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.' 2 The statement justifies an eloquent defence of the Established Church ; and he seems almost to think...

...obtained authority amongst us. This disposition still remains, at least in the great body of the people. We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that...society, and the source of all good and of all comfort*. In England we are so convinced of this, that there is no rust of superstition, with which the accumulated...

...Helvetius has made no progress among us ; atheists are not our preachers ; madmen are not our lawgivers." " We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is,...constitution, a religious animal ; that atheism is not only against our reason, but our instincts, and cannot prevail long." "We are resolved to keep...

...not call on atheism to explain them We shall not light up our temple from that unhallowed fire." " We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is, by his constitution, a religious animal." — Burke. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONORS: — IT is not necessary for me to narrate, in detail, the numerous...

...rir. 1520. out partiality '• \Vo know, and what is bettci^e feeliowardly, that religion is Гл* basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all с j-jifort.'1 — E. Burke. a Burder. '• The wise man la but a clever infant spelling letters from...