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Essay On Strife.
it would be unjust to lay to the charge of Christianity all the bickerings , animosities , and bloodshedding , which have so much obtained among Christians . It is , as a system of morality , every thing that would produce " peace on earth , and good-will amongst men , " if men would put it ' s precepts into practice . When the children cease to listen to the instructions , and to walk in the stepsof their aged parentlet not the venerable parent be branded
, , with the vices of her disobedient children . How . wide a field for strife do politics supply ! Though contention in domestic life is sure to be productive of misery to the fools who wage it , it ' s effects are dreadful when it separates a whole nation into two distinct people . It prevents the intercourse of neighbours , and destroys society . It makes those who should
unite in all the friendly offices of social life more perfect strangers , and more averse to each other , than if they had to combat with national prejudice , and an unknown language . Even when the . boisterous torrent of party-spirit which overflowed the mind subsides , unlike the rich inundations of the Nile , it leaves a poisonous sediment behind , whose influence produces a
thousand noxious weeds , which poison for ever the dearest affections of the human heart . At a time like this , when the public safety requires the generous exertions of united individuals , I cannot refrain from addressing the words of Jocasta to all disputants ; whether the jangiers of the fire-side , the doughty antagonists of a country colfee-room , or the more eloquent discontented leaders of party .
a raKanru ^ ot , aiS" nruHTXpvvrfte yijf ; , Oirtu mcmCtVi , tita XIVSVIE ; xaxe ; " O , wretched ! are you not ashamed , when your country is in so great danger , are you not ashamed , thus to wage private
quarrels ?" Strife and contention arise from a discontented mind ; from that restless spirit which is impatient of restraint ; and from a false supposition , that whatever lays a restraint upon the actions is an infringement of true liberty . Men who hold such an opinion are to be informedthat equalif not superiorto the
, , , blessings of true freedom is the protection from lawless liberty . If man were subject to perpetual invasion from superior force or sagacity , the comforts of his life would be little increased by . the savage satisfaction of retaliating upon his inferior . A party-spirit oftens proceeds from a- foolish supposition that we can regulate the affairs of otherswhen perhaps we are totally
, unable to conduct our own . Urged on by this idea , men form parties to reform a State , without considering what ample scope there is for them to display their talents for reformation in their own lives and conduct . It shows a strange degree of disinterest"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On Strife.
it would be unjust to lay to the charge of Christianity all the bickerings , animosities , and bloodshedding , which have so much obtained among Christians . It is , as a system of morality , every thing that would produce " peace on earth , and good-will amongst men , " if men would put it ' s precepts into practice . When the children cease to listen to the instructions , and to walk in the stepsof their aged parentlet not the venerable parent be branded
, , with the vices of her disobedient children . How . wide a field for strife do politics supply ! Though contention in domestic life is sure to be productive of misery to the fools who wage it , it ' s effects are dreadful when it separates a whole nation into two distinct people . It prevents the intercourse of neighbours , and destroys society . It makes those who should
unite in all the friendly offices of social life more perfect strangers , and more averse to each other , than if they had to combat with national prejudice , and an unknown language . Even when the . boisterous torrent of party-spirit which overflowed the mind subsides , unlike the rich inundations of the Nile , it leaves a poisonous sediment behind , whose influence produces a
thousand noxious weeds , which poison for ever the dearest affections of the human heart . At a time like this , when the public safety requires the generous exertions of united individuals , I cannot refrain from addressing the words of Jocasta to all disputants ; whether the jangiers of the fire-side , the doughty antagonists of a country colfee-room , or the more eloquent discontented leaders of party .
a raKanru ^ ot , aiS" nruHTXpvvrfte yijf ; , Oirtu mcmCtVi , tita XIVSVIE ; xaxe ; " O , wretched ! are you not ashamed , when your country is in so great danger , are you not ashamed , thus to wage private
quarrels ?" Strife and contention arise from a discontented mind ; from that restless spirit which is impatient of restraint ; and from a false supposition , that whatever lays a restraint upon the actions is an infringement of true liberty . Men who hold such an opinion are to be informedthat equalif not superiorto the
, , , blessings of true freedom is the protection from lawless liberty . If man were subject to perpetual invasion from superior force or sagacity , the comforts of his life would be little increased by . the savage satisfaction of retaliating upon his inferior . A party-spirit oftens proceeds from a- foolish supposition that we can regulate the affairs of otherswhen perhaps we are totally
, unable to conduct our own . Urged on by this idea , men form parties to reform a State , without considering what ample scope there is for them to display their talents for reformation in their own lives and conduct . It shows a strange degree of disinterest"