This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ..." the philosophy of the understanding," and yielded in all things to their priests. It is true that before the Revolution the philosophers 'of France had thrown off this yoke; but the people at large had not done so. That event found them still in the profound ignorance into which they had been allowed by the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ..." the philosophy of the understanding," and yielded in all things to their priests. It is true that before the Revolution the philosophers 'of France had thrown off this yoke; but the people at large had not done so. That event found them still in the profound ignorance into which they had been allowed by the clergy to fall; and what were the consequences 1 It was not the emancipated philosophers who perpetrated the horrors of that tragedy, Dut the common people: the rude, ignorant, uninstructed mass; the men who, with their ancestors, had for centuries been left to the sole guidance of the priests, and who by them, for their own ease and aggrandisement, had been kept in grovelling ignorance and disgraceful superstition. The reviewer observes: "We (the American people) are not safe from those causes which we suppose to have given its dreadful character to the French Revolution." "This cause was the want of reverence. In feudal times reverence was universal, except, perhaps, among a few of the best informed. As the world has grown older, the veneration for things formerly venerated has disappeared, because too often acquaintance has proved them to be undeserving; and, while the old objects have ceased to be venerated, new objects, deserving reverence, have not been brought before to endow the true religion. "It is asked, how is he to know which is the true religion? I answer, we are the teachers of the truth." The sentiment was addressed to his own flock, who loudly applauded this clear and satisfactory solution of the difficulty! The partisans of every sect would have done the same. us." These are sensible remarks; but who would have expected to see a writer who could state them so clearly proposing...
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Add this copy of American Notes to cart. $19.99, very good condition, Sold by Sheila B. Amdur, Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Coventry, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Cassell and Company Limited.
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Very Good. No Dj. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Royal Society of Edinburgh stamp on endppr and title page. Few spots outer edges of pages. xii, 260 plus publisher's ads. Extracts from Combe's larger work about his visit to the United States, 1838-1840. His discussions of the issues facing the U. S.
Add this copy of American Notes to cart. $22.85, good condition, Sold by Cornell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tewkesbury, UNITED KINGDOM, published by Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, [1894].
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Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, [1894]
Publisher:
Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, [1894]
Language:
English
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18053811185
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No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (17cm by 12cm), xii, 260pp. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Boards rubbed and dusty, foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition.
