The Philosophy Of The Wisest Man That

The Virtue Of A Human Being Is The Application Of His Capacity To The General Good.

By Right, As The Word Is Employed In This Subject, Has Always Been Understood Discretion, That Is, A Full And Complete Power Of Either Doing A Thing Or Omitting It, Without The Person's Becoming Liable To Animadversion Or Censure From Another, That Is, In Other Words, Without His Incurring Any Degree Of Turpitude Or Guilt. Now In This Sense I Affirm That Man Has No Rights, No Discretionary Power Whatever.

To Conceive That Compulsion And Punishment Are The Proper Means Of Reformation Is The Sentiment Of A Barbarian.

A Celebrated North Country Apostle, Who, After Calvin Had Damned Ninety-nine In A Hundred Of Mankind, Had Contrived A Scheme For Damning Ninety-nine In A Hundred Of The Followers Of Calvin.

In Cases Where Every Thing Is Understood, And Measured, And Reduced To Rule, Love Is Out Of The Question.