 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1820 - 714 pages
...aid, the poor and ignorant should be protected from sophistical and demoralizing works. I know but one way of protecting the ignorant, and that is, by destroying...another : he who can read Paine, can read the Bible." Again, ("Preface to the Sermon, p. iii.,] •" If Deists will listen to you, persuade them : if they... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1820 - 770 pages
...protected from sophistical and demoralizing works. I know but one way of protecting the ignorant, anil that is, by destroying ignorance by the diffusion...another: he who can read Paine, can read the Bible." Again, [Preface to the Sermon, p. Hi.,] " If Deists will listen to you, persuade them : if they will... | |
 | Noah Worcester, Henry Ware - 1822 - 432 pages
...from sophistical and demoralizing works. I know of but one way of protecting the ignorant, and thai is, by destroying ignorance by the diffusion of information....character is changed, if you make it any thing else. It knowa nothing of implicit faith or blind obedience, and to make them its substitute is gross imposition.... | |
 | 1822 - 502 pages
...protecting the ignorant, and that is, by destroying ignorance by the diffusion of information. The beat defence against sophistry is not its suppression,...can read the Bible. The New Testament, originally address* ed to the poor, is a continued appeal to the understanding ; its character is changed, if... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 492 pages
...information. The best defence against sophistry is not its suppression, hut its refutation. Danger from book? implies ability to read those books, and he who can...book, can read another ; he who can read Paine can re,td the Bible. The New Testament, originally addressed to the poor, is a continued appeal to the... | |
 | Freedom of the press - 1825 - 546 pages
...protecting the, ignorant, and that is, by destroying ignorance, by the diffusion of information. The hest defence against sophistry is not its suppression but...else. It knows nothing of implicit faith or blind ohedience, and to make them its substitute is gross imposition. Bv the toleration now allowed, the... | |
 | Leonard Williams Levy - Religion - 1995 - 708 pages
...demoralizing works." Fox replied that the only protection consisted in education. The best defense was refutation. "Danger from books implies ability to...poor, is a continued appeal to the understanding." England's policy of toleration meant that the poor and ignorant had become "legally recognized as judges... | |
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I know of but one way of protecting the ignorant, and thai is, by destroying ignorance by the diffusion of information. The best defence against sophistry is not its suppression, but its refutation. Danger from books implies ability to read those books,... 