...them, when they want good sense; But honesty Needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain. Otwny. MLI. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment...sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books arc not nbsolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of 'life in them to be aa active as that soul...

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...commonwealth " — and we are before the public as pledged sentinels, to watch on behalf of both — " to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men," and has said something of the duty of sometimes " doing sharpest justice on them as malefactors." Notwithstanding,...

...with eloquence and strongly impressed with his genius. "I deny not" he exclaims, "but it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth...not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency o! life in them tii be as active as that soul whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in...

...hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. * * * * + * * * + *~. . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . * * * . . . . * * * progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was «hose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...

...deadly maim inflicted on all sound learning. Milton well said, — " It is of greatest concern to the commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as individuals." A love of chaste composition, it is greatly to be feared, cannot readily return: our...

...and of converting what was intended to be a curb, into a screen and protection from punishment. ment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...

...the bench of ecclesiastical and royal critics. " I deny not," says Milton, " but that it is of the greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth...vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men. For books are not absolutely dead things, but contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as...

...ourselves the pleasure of quoting one passage from this sublime treatise : — " I deny not," says he, " but that it is of greatest concernment in the church...sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books arc' not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul...

...Milton, in his eloquent speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing, recognizes it to be a matter " of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors." And this is precisely the course we do not pursue ; if a book has any cleverness, it is sure to get...