Discourse on the Family as an Element of Government: Read Before the American Philosophical Society, January, 1864 (Classic Reprint) - Eli Kirk Price, Paperback

• Release Date   1/31/2018
• ISBN-13   9781333699154 | 978-1-333-69915-4
• ISBN   1333699158 | 1-333-69915-8
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Eli Kirk Price
• Excerpt from Discourse on the Family as an Element of Government: Read Before the American Philosophical Society, January, 1864IT is with hesitation and mniving that I bring this sub jcet before you. fearing to detain your attention too lon'r, and apprehensive that it may not be thought strictly appro prlate for our discussion. That the subject most nearly rc lates to man and his well-being, and is to disclose the design of the Creator in regard to him, should not make it the less one, it seems to me, of philosophical inquiry and interest. And if from the physical we should rise, in our investiga tions, to the moral and social welfare of man, still the subject will retain all its philosophical fitness, and deserve our at tention. Permit me, then, to confess at the outset that I cherish the design to do a moral good, in my limited abili ty, and the better to do it, I wish to borrow your prestige. I have thought that if you would listen with approbation, others will think it worth while to read, and that ideas deemed salutary to society, though familiar to you, may thus more favorably reach those to whom they are less known. I cannot promise you novelty, for in con tautlyobserved human nature, law, and morals, there is not so much opportunity to discover any thing new, as there is a duty to insist upon what is already known for our crood. and as law and morals have for their object but to state and im press a sound rule of conduct in life, sound practical sense is the highest merit that a writer upon these subjects can hope to attain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.