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improving Mankind and Society . . . they would 
deserve and obtain universal Admiration, Vene- 
ration and Love. 
77, There are some desponding minds that 
consider almost every attempt at moral improve- 
ments as either useless or ineffectual. Such 
have said that altho' Experience has been accu- 
mulating ever since Creation, it hardly avails, 
Reason bidding in vain to make past errors our 
Wisdom. But nevertheless Mankind has always 
been improving, (with occasional relapses) in a 
moral, social and physical sense. It is ignorance, 
apathy and neglect that delay and thwart all 
improvements in Science, Religion, Knowledge 
and Human weal ; while the contrary tendency 
of Knowledge, Hope, Zeal and Talent can effect 
every thing desirable. 
78, How long has the pulpit existed to teach 
us our duties, with laws, jails and gallows to en- 
force them ! and yet they hardly avail ; they 
punish but do not prevent, they never attack Cu- 
pidity since they thrive on it, ahd many other 
Vices are equally overlooked or even fostered. 
. . It is vain to talk of right and justice to starv- 
ing men; Hunger, want* misery, &c. are more 
powerful than Conscience, and will ever be, as 
long as Wealth does not provide for their relief. 
Every family ought to be above the fear of ulti- 
mate penury : Charity bids to effect this, but 
Cupidity and Pride (the Satanic Vices) delay it 
or prevent it. 
79, Is it not more important to help our 
neighbors and make them happy, than to spend 
millions in Missions to Heathens often happier 
than we are, to offer them the gift of our corrupt, 
sinful and warring Sects, training millions of 
Soldiers to kill and be killed by turns, in the 
