The Corruption of Established Truth and Responsibility of Educated Men: An Address Delivered Before the Alumni of the University of Michigan, June 27, 1856 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Nathaniel West Jr.

9780259404545: The Corruption of Established Truth and Responsibility of Educated Men: An Address Delivered Before the Alumni of the University of Michigan, June 27, 1856 (Classic Reprint)

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Holding ourselves responsible for what we are about to utter, we say that the cause of this wide-spread corruption of established truth is not so difficult to be ascertained, as many suppose. It is palpable to any one, who, casting his eyes over the fields of literature in our own age, and comparing them with the same fields of a former age, has discernment sufficient to mark the peculiarity of difference between the two, and diligence enough to trace it through all its varied ramifi cations. There is but one cause for the universal unbelief, in the higher walks of life, during the last half century; one cause for all the perversions of scientific and religious truth; one cause for all the mental restlessness of society; one cause for all the bewitchment and enchant ment of the studious intellect; one cause for all the false philosophy, false divinity, and false humanity of the present era. That cause finds its appropriate expression in one word, and that word is develop ment. Like amighty serpent, or boa-constrictor, it has wormed itself through, coiled itself round, and Spread its Slime over, all the depart ments of human investigation.

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