John Somers Cocks
Published: 2018-01-17
Total Pages: 78
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Excerpt from Patriotism and the Love of Liberty Defended: In Two Dialogues If vi T foundation it exer'cifes rights over us, or on what, accountwe are bound to obey and to enforce its laws, in cafe we have leifure and opportunity for fuch enquiries, is furely a degree of indolence, on a fab-6 jeet of the highefi; importance, illlbecoming the intellectual faculties with which it has pleafed the Supreme Being to endue us. If fome men, from a mif'taken confideration of the fubjetfit, deduce principles and 'fyflems hurtful to fociety in general or to'that par ticular modification'of it under {which we happen to live (provided we approve of fach modification, as tending to promote the pub lic welfare); furely fuchcircumflzances ought to fiimulate us the more to difcover and lay down true and found principles ofgoverifx ment. By fo doing, we may afl'ord rational fatisfaetion to our own minds, and reflect. Moreover on ourfelves deferved honour, by endeavouring to promote the happinefs of mankind in general, and by defending. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.