Three Letters to Dr. Price; Containing Remarks on His Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and ... by a Member of Lincoln's Inn, F.r.s. F.s.a. - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1776. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Three letters to Dr. Price John Lind PREFACE. IT Was not, I confess, from any high opinion I had entertained of Dr. Price's political or philosophical abilities, that I sat down to read his Observations. Not the writtr, but the subjedt, engaged me. At first I gave them only a cursory perusal; on. that perusal they seemed to present to me what I had expected--abuse of terms--confusion of ideas--intemperate ebullitions of misguided zeal -- gloomy pictures of a disturbed imagination; all the effect I apprehended from the bosk, arose from the opinion which I was told the public had of the author. I could not bring myself to conceive, that by any thing in these Observations a single person a would would be convinced, who was not convinced before; but I could easily conceive that many people might embrace that side of the question, on hearing that Dr. Price had written in favour of it. Considering the Doctor as a man of integrity, as expressing what he really felt, I honoured the motive which led him to the work, and only smiled at the execution of it. For probity I gave him credit; I lamented only that he had not clearer views; --in a word, my respect for the man converted into pity what I might otherwise have felt for the author. Soon however it appeared that no common pains were taken to circulate, or (in the bookseller's phrase) to f>$tfihe work. 1 did not hastily give up my opinion of the Doctor's integrity.--To his friends then, and not to him, was I candid enough to attribute these indecent manœuvres. He has acted, thought I, with no unbecoming dignity. He contents himself with telling us that '* the Observations are *' im*' important as well as just;" that " he '* could not make himself easy without...
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