Part 3 on Superphysics

Essay Writing

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The elegant people who are not immersed in the animal Life, employ themselves in the Operations of the Mind. They may be divided into:

the learned

These have chosen the higher and more difficult Operations of the Mind, which require Leisure and Solitude, and cannot be brought to Perfection, without long Preparation and severe Labour.

Moral Prejudice

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Some men try to distinguish themselves by ridiculing everything that was sacred and venerable to mankind.

They rail against Reason, Sobriety, Honour, Friendship, Marriage perpetually. They even regard public spirit and nationalism as fake.

The Middle Class

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Moral of the following Fable will easily discover itself, without my explaining it.

One River met another, who had been long united. He said haughtily:

River 1

“What, Brother! Still in the same State? Still low and creeping? I have become a great river able to rival the Danube or the Rhine if the friendly Rains continue.

The Immortality Of The Soul

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It is difficult to prove the Immortality of the Soul by reason alone. The arguments for it are derived from metaphysical, moral, or physical topics. But in reality, it is the gospel alone that has brought life and immortality to light.

Impudence and Modesty

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The common complaints against Providence are ill-grounded.

Good or bad fortune is caused by the good or bad qualities of people. There are many instances to the contrary. But these are few, relative to the actual distribution of prosperity and adversity and to the common course of human affairs.

Love And Marriage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Why do women complain so much about everything that goes wrong in a marriage?

Do they mean, that they are the parties principally concerned, and that if a backwardness to enter into that state should prevail in the world, they would be the greatest sufferers?

The Study of History

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I fully recommend the study of history as an occupation to my female readers. It is:

the best suited to their sex and education
much more instructive than their ordinary books of amusement
more entertaining than those serious compositions in their closets

History can teach them two important truths that can give them peace:

Avarice

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Comic writers exaggerate every character.

This moral kind of painting for the stage has been often compared to the painting for cupolas and cielings, where the colours are over-charged, and every part is drawn excessively large, and beyond nature.

Suicide

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Philosophy is the sovereign antidote to superstition and false religion.

Plain good-sense and the practice of the world can serve most purposes of life, but are ineffective against them.