The Dublin Inquisitor

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259200673
Total Pages : 638 pages
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Download or read book The Dublin Inquisitor, for 1821 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dublin Inquisitor, for 1821: Vol. I and II If instruction be the great aim of education, and end of learning, it is evident that those sciences which have most improved mankind claim the highest place in his estimation. The developement of the human character fastens strongly on the attention, and we are in no manner so easily won over to the conviction of our own errors, as by the exposure of similar ofi'ences in others; the recital of the past warns us in the fulfilment of the future, and we look upon the records of frailty or greatness with a mingled feeling of fear and emulation. It has been elegantly observed, that History is Philosophy teaching by example; but it is a Philosophy di vested of scepticism, and fraught with interest - a Philosophy, that reaches the humblest capacity, while it improves the purest heart - and one that possesses the value of erudition, unsullied by its obscurity. The wisest men of antiquity have considered that example is more forcible than precept, and the actions of illustrious characters are, in consequence, frequently delineated in their works. Esop, one of their most judicious philosophers, did not disdain to throw his wisdom into a series of simple fables; and, to refer to a higher authority, and one more calculated to excite our at tention, we perceive that the laws of Christianity are illus tratad and supported by parables from the lips of the great -lawgiver himself. This is the strongest and most satisfactory proof of the worth of that method of instruction, which seizes the heart by placing its faults before it as they existed with others. Thus History, rendering up to our view the long list of the ages that are past, with all their glory, and all their shame, and bringing under our notice the virtues bywhich men have prospered, and the crimes by which the have fallen, gains that essential 'control over our regar which accomplishes the object of study, and obtains for itself the first name amongst the ch'orta of human genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.