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Comparison Between The Antients And Moderns In Science And Literature.
the mental powers , which for so many ages had Jain either totally dormant , or been exercised upon speculative theology , a system of mysterious jargon , more adapted to mislead and darken the understanding , than to furnish the slightest degree of useful knowledge . But of all the causes that have respectively contributed to the increase of literature , none have operated in an equal degree to the invention
of PRINTING , an art which has augmented , not only the facility of acquiring information , but has . been instrumental in the highest degree to the communication of it ; and an art to which we are indebted for the preservation of every thing valuable in the republic of letters . The . rapidity with which printing is executed , and the great multiplication of books that has consequent ! }' ensuedare circumstances
, which the most inattentive observer must confess to have produced effects , in every view , the most favourable to the interests of mankind . To these must be attributed the commencement of that genera ! reformation of manners , that liberality of sentiment , and that superior delicacy of taste , which have since pervaded the more civilized European states . Subsequent to this important and glorious rera , the sun of
Science has dispelled the mists of Ignorance , and is now advancing with rapid progress towards the meridian of his splendour ; his rays have already penetrated some of the most impervious shades of intellectual obscurity , and will , in time , diffuse the illuminating influence over the remotest corners of the globe . [ TO BE CONTI . NUED .
On The Influence Of Government On The Mental Faculties.
ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT ON THE MENTAL FACULTIES .
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BUT state prisons , and the inquisition itself , frown not on the sons - " - ^ of Genius : where study and the employments of the mind intrude not on the former , authority would be foolishly exerted to retard the course of the latter . Men would naturally fly from religious persecution , and the reverence paid to their characters would kindle a flame against the constitution itself . The loss of so many valuable
hands might occasion the shipwreck of the state . The tongue of the subjects would be loosened , and their fetters would fall to the ground ; for tyranny gradually evaporates , unsupported by the blind zeal for monarchy , on the one hand ; or the enthusiasm of devotion , on the other . The train of bigotry and deceit , laid through every corner of a kingdomwill alarm no more yvhen those
, who have abilities to perceive the truth have the spirit to declare it . II . Limited monarchy may be concluded more immediately to animate the exertions of the soul ; such an harmony subsists amongst the several orders of the people , that the , weight cannot , without violence , over-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Comparison Between The Antients And Moderns In Science And Literature.
the mental powers , which for so many ages had Jain either totally dormant , or been exercised upon speculative theology , a system of mysterious jargon , more adapted to mislead and darken the understanding , than to furnish the slightest degree of useful knowledge . But of all the causes that have respectively contributed to the increase of literature , none have operated in an equal degree to the invention
of PRINTING , an art which has augmented , not only the facility of acquiring information , but has . been instrumental in the highest degree to the communication of it ; and an art to which we are indebted for the preservation of every thing valuable in the republic of letters . The . rapidity with which printing is executed , and the great multiplication of books that has consequent ! }' ensuedare circumstances
, which the most inattentive observer must confess to have produced effects , in every view , the most favourable to the interests of mankind . To these must be attributed the commencement of that genera ! reformation of manners , that liberality of sentiment , and that superior delicacy of taste , which have since pervaded the more civilized European states . Subsequent to this important and glorious rera , the sun of
Science has dispelled the mists of Ignorance , and is now advancing with rapid progress towards the meridian of his splendour ; his rays have already penetrated some of the most impervious shades of intellectual obscurity , and will , in time , diffuse the illuminating influence over the remotest corners of the globe . [ TO BE CONTI . NUED .
On The Influence Of Government On The Mental Faculties.
ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT ON THE MENTAL FACULTIES .
[ COKCLUDED FROM OUR LAST . ]
BUT state prisons , and the inquisition itself , frown not on the sons - " - ^ of Genius : where study and the employments of the mind intrude not on the former , authority would be foolishly exerted to retard the course of the latter . Men would naturally fly from religious persecution , and the reverence paid to their characters would kindle a flame against the constitution itself . The loss of so many valuable
hands might occasion the shipwreck of the state . The tongue of the subjects would be loosened , and their fetters would fall to the ground ; for tyranny gradually evaporates , unsupported by the blind zeal for monarchy , on the one hand ; or the enthusiasm of devotion , on the other . The train of bigotry and deceit , laid through every corner of a kingdomwill alarm no more yvhen those
, who have abilities to perceive the truth have the spirit to declare it . II . Limited monarchy may be concluded more immediately to animate the exertions of the soul ; such an harmony subsists amongst the several orders of the people , that the , weight cannot , without violence , over-