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01 reason is uecxueuiY iu ^We have now to set aside another and an entirely different class of objections—those, we mean, which may properly be charactensed as prejudices. They belong rather to the Tieart than to the head. They have their source in passion, not in reason. Ihey mdicate the tone of men’s feelings, and the general character of their ta^s, far more clearly than the force of their intelligence. They show what the man is who puts them forward, but ttoow no light whatever upon the question which has aroused them from slumber. are usually blind, hasty, vehement, impatient of con^dictiOT. ihey doffmatise with the most unhesitating confidence. Upon the minds of those who chance to be possessed by them, they exert a “mst despotic influence, serving only ‘‘to put out the clear and lar-siffhted eyes of Iheir natural discerning.” We are all liable, more or less, to be led astray by these violent usurpers of throne ol judgment. It will not be amiss, therefore, to pause a httle—to examine for ourselves, how far we are under the domination of mere prejudice—and to resolve, by a manly exertion of our understanding, to shake ourselves free from the bondage of the tyrant* Such a part it becomes us, both as men and as citizens, to ^t. Thus much is due to the vast importance of the movement which appeals to us for co-operation. We claim to be men—let us assert our nght also fn in Aft reasonable men.
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Nonconformist
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Jul 06, 1842
Page 4
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