The Duty of Citizens in the Present Crisis
The Duty of Citizens in the Present Crisis
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" LAW is nothing but REASON REFINED, or REASON " REGULATED; the refults of Ccunfel and Wifdom, " after long and mature deliberation. " HAKEWELL MOD. TENKXDI PARLIAMENT!.
A S the good order of fociety is the fup- port of every ftate, fo good laws form the eflence of fociety. Free governments more efpecially inculcate thefe maxims. The knowledge too of the laws mould be the eflential ftudy of individuals, fince it is im- poflible for them to be obeyed, or focie- ty to be undifturbed by infringeme...nts, whilft they are either unknown, or not thoroughly underftood. Where the evil of ( 69 ) of doubtful laws exifts, it is morally im- poffible that a people can be free from error. And hence arifes the expedience of their fimplification. Laws fhould be re- duced to the imderftandings of the mod un- informed, who, in all populous dates, com- prife the great mafs of the inhabitants. The object of philofophical enquiry is the happinefs and profperity of the human race. But, what can fo materially affect that happinefs as an ignorance of the means by which it is to be promoted and fecured ; an ignorance that progreffively encreafes with population ; by which fociety gradu- ally lofes the benefit of legal advantages, in proportion as her exigencies encreafe ; and the fame caufes too which fwell the evil, augment the difficulty of the remedy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" LAW is nothing but REASON REFINED, or REASON " REGULATED; the refults of Ccunfel and Wifdom, " after long and mature deliberation. " HAKEWELL MOD. TENKXDI PARLIAMENT!.
A S the good order of fociety is the fup- port of every ftate, fo good laws form the eflence of fociety. Free governments more efpecially inculcate thefe maxims. The knowledge too of the laws mould be the eflential ftudy of individuals, fince it is im- poflible for them to be obeyed, or focie- ty to be undifturbed by infringeme...nts, whilft they are either unknown, or not thoroughly underftood. Where the evil of ( 69 ) of doubtful laws exifts, it is morally im- poffible that a people can be free from error. And hence arifes the expedience of their fimplification. Laws fhould be re- duced to the imderftandings of the mod un- informed, who, in all populous dates, com- prife the great mafs of the inhabitants. The object of philofophical enquiry is the happinefs and profperity of the human race. But, what can fo materially affect that happinefs as an ignorance of the means by which it is to be promoted and fecured ; an ignorance that progreffively encreafes with population ; by which fociety gradu- ally lofes the benefit of legal advantages, in proportion as her exigencies encreafe ; and the fame caufes too which fwell the evil, augment the difficulty of the remedy.
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