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The Land Of Nineveh, A Fragment.
selves ; we can procure hut a bare subsistence . Let us join and act together . Our enemies are scattered over the face of the land . We -will soon drive them before us , and enjoy their possessions in peace . ' And they assembled together , and took arms , and went against the servants of the husbandmen , and drove them out of the country , and those who resisted they put to death . And the men of occupation now possessed the whole landancl
, they said , ' Let us divide it equally amongst us , that none may have more than his nei ghbour , and that all may share alike . ' And they quarrelled about the division , and no man was satisfied with what he got , and they had no means of cultivating the soil , and they had no skill to do it , and famine spread over the land , and they wept bitterly , and said , ' When we had no land , we got what it produced in
abundance , and now we have land , ityieldethus nothing ; ' and they cried , ' Give us some bread to eat . ' Aud the Lord saw what the people had suffered , and how much they had repented of their transgressions , and he had compassion upon them , and he sent a prophet to announce to them the way in which they should walk ; and the prophet said unto them' Let the
, men of occupation return to their professions , by the exercise of which they obtain their share of the produce of the soil . Let the servants labour for their masters , that the earth may be duly cultivated . Let the husbandmen hire their land from those who lawfully inherit it , for no man must possess the territory of another without his consent . Let the nobles be restored to their property , and they
will watch over the interests of the State . Let the king be re-established on his throne , that he may protect his people from injur }' . And let property be held sacred , the sure basis of the prosperity of a State , AND ALL SHALL BE WELL . ' And it was so ; aud the people blessed the Lord , and said , ' Now we see what is good for us , and how alone a multitude of people can dwell together . ' And the } " lived happily , and increased in numbers , and all the neighbouring nations rejoiced with them .
On Philosophy.
ON PHILOSOPHY .
p ) HILOSOPIIY is a love or desire of wisdom , or a study and ex-A ercise of the mind , and which is the science of till things , human and divine . One of the wise Hebrew interpreters being interrogated by Ptolomy Philadeiphus , King of Egypt , what Philosophy was ? answered in this mariner : ' It is , ' said he , 'the art of reasoning to the purpose , to make a good use of every circumstance , not to be led away by the passionsto despise all worldly pleasuresand to
fol-, , low certain rules and measures in all our actions . It is Philosophy that teaches us the doctrine of living well , and shews us the nature of our evils , with the method of our deliverance from them ; it forms in our mind the judgment of reason , and teaches us to lead our lives
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The Land Of Nineveh, A Fragment.
selves ; we can procure hut a bare subsistence . Let us join and act together . Our enemies are scattered over the face of the land . We -will soon drive them before us , and enjoy their possessions in peace . ' And they assembled together , and took arms , and went against the servants of the husbandmen , and drove them out of the country , and those who resisted they put to death . And the men of occupation now possessed the whole landancl
, they said , ' Let us divide it equally amongst us , that none may have more than his nei ghbour , and that all may share alike . ' And they quarrelled about the division , and no man was satisfied with what he got , and they had no means of cultivating the soil , and they had no skill to do it , and famine spread over the land , and they wept bitterly , and said , ' When we had no land , we got what it produced in
abundance , and now we have land , ityieldethus nothing ; ' and they cried , ' Give us some bread to eat . ' Aud the Lord saw what the people had suffered , and how much they had repented of their transgressions , and he had compassion upon them , and he sent a prophet to announce to them the way in which they should walk ; and the prophet said unto them' Let the
, men of occupation return to their professions , by the exercise of which they obtain their share of the produce of the soil . Let the servants labour for their masters , that the earth may be duly cultivated . Let the husbandmen hire their land from those who lawfully inherit it , for no man must possess the territory of another without his consent . Let the nobles be restored to their property , and they
will watch over the interests of the State . Let the king be re-established on his throne , that he may protect his people from injur }' . And let property be held sacred , the sure basis of the prosperity of a State , AND ALL SHALL BE WELL . ' And it was so ; aud the people blessed the Lord , and said , ' Now we see what is good for us , and how alone a multitude of people can dwell together . ' And the } " lived happily , and increased in numbers , and all the neighbouring nations rejoiced with them .
On Philosophy.
ON PHILOSOPHY .
p ) HILOSOPIIY is a love or desire of wisdom , or a study and ex-A ercise of the mind , and which is the science of till things , human and divine . One of the wise Hebrew interpreters being interrogated by Ptolomy Philadeiphus , King of Egypt , what Philosophy was ? answered in this mariner : ' It is , ' said he , 'the art of reasoning to the purpose , to make a good use of every circumstance , not to be led away by the passionsto despise all worldly pleasuresand to
fol-, , low certain rules and measures in all our actions . It is Philosophy that teaches us the doctrine of living well , and shews us the nature of our evils , with the method of our deliverance from them ; it forms in our mind the judgment of reason , and teaches us to lead our lives