 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 620 pages
...obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason "and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail... | |
 | American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - Education - 1837 - 118 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? and let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality...to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pages
...obligations DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. What ever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason... | |
 | Lyman Matthews - Congregational churches - 1837 - 410 pages
...supports. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion; — reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail, in exclusion... | |
 | George Washington - 1838 - 114 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...to the influence of refined education, on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail... | |
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JohnWilliam McMullen - 2004 - 92 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail... | |
 | Mary Mostert - Political Science - 2004 - 230 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality...to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - History - 2004 - 340 pages
...habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." 69 (Historian Fred Hood has even written that an "amazing similarity" of language between Hamilton's... | |
 | E.J. Dionne, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz - Religion - 2004 - 260 pages
...not depend on religion, Washington argues, this is not the case for the morality of the nation: "And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." In the end, while it is often thought that the separation of church and state marks the divorce of... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - History - 2004 - 182 pages
...can be separated from religion," gently admitting instead that the opposite might possibly be true: "Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion." On balance, however, 113 Washington's "Farewell Address" expresses his personal hopes and concerns... | |
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And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national... 
