Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.
To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.
She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.
Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.
To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.
