THE ELEMENT 1 OF 
MORAL SCIENCE, ABRIDGED. 
ADAPTED TO THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. 
Tiventicth Thousand. 
The attention of Teachers and School Committees is invited to this 
valuable work. It has received the unqualified approbation of all who have 
examined it; and it is believed to be admirably adapted to exert a wholesome 
influence on the minds of the young , and lead to the formation of correct 
moral principles. 
From the North-American Review. 
11 Dr. Wayland has published an abridgment of his work, for the use 
of schools. Of this step we can hardly speak too highly. It is more than 
time that the study of moral philosophy should be introduced into all our 
institutions of education. We are happy to see the way so auspiciously 
opened for such an introduction. It has been ‘ not merely abridged, but 
also re-written.'' We cannot but regard the labor as well bestowed. 
From the ''Christian Witness. 
“ We speak that we do know, when we express our high estimate of 
Dr. Way land’s ability in teaching Moral Philosophy, whether orally or 
by the book. Having listened to his instructions, in this interesting de¬ 
partment, we can attest how lofty are the principles, how exact and 
severe the. argumentation, how appropriate and strong the illustrations 
which characterize his system and enforce it on the mind.” 
From the Mercantile Journal 
11 The work of which this volume is an abridgment, is well known as 
one of the best and most complete works on Moral Philosophy extant — 
and is in a fair way of superseding Paley, as a text-book in our higher 
seminaries. The author is well known as one of the most profound 
scholars of the age. That the study of Moral Science, a science which 
teaches goodness, should be a branch of education, not only in our col¬ 
leges, but in our schools and academies, we believe will not be denied. 
The abridgment of this work seems to us admirably calculated for the 
' purpose, and we hope it will be extensively applied to the purposes for 
which it is intended.” 
From the Christian Secretary. 
“ So far as we have been able to examine the two works of Dr. Way- 
land, we must say, that we are quite as well pleased with the smaller 
as with the larger. The work, the author himself says, has been not 
merely at,ridged, it has been re-written. It is written in a style.well 
suited to the comprehension of youth. The illustrations are apt and 
striking. The work is divided into short chapters, as it should be, to 
suit for a class book for the young.” 
Ftom the Evening Gazette. 
“ We hail the abridgment as admirably adapted to supply the efi- 
ciency which has long been felt in common school education, —the study 
of moral obligation. Let the child early be taught the relations it sustains 
to man and to its Maker, the first acquainting it with the duties owed to 
society, the second with the duties owed to God, and who can foretell 
how many a sad and disastrous overthrow of character will be prevent¬ 
ed, and how elevated and pure will be the sense of integrity and virtue ? ” 
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From the Daily Advocate. 
“ It is a work of the highest and purest order of intellect. It is meta¬ 
physics reduced to practical common sense, and made subservient to 
Christianity. The original work has acquired for its profound and phil¬ 
osophic author, a large addition to his intellectual reputation, and the 
abridgment, which is entirely re-written, judiciously adapted to common 
understandings. It would be a valualr ,e addition to our high schools.” 
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