...dogmas of which moral systems are composed. To do good to others; to sacrifice for their benefit jour own wishes ; to love your neighbour as yourself ;...by all the sermons, homilies, and text-books which moralists and theologians have been able to produce. . . ." Have we not here the invariants of our...

...your passions ; to honor your parents ; to love your neighbor as yourself ; to forgive your enemies ; to respect those who are set over you." These and a few others of the same import, are the sole essentials of morals, as they have existed for thousands of years,...

...undergone so little change as those great dogmas of which moral systems are composed. That to do good to others ; to sacrifice for their benefit your own wishes ; to love your neighbor as yourself ; to forgive your enemies ; to restrain your passions ; to honor your parents...

...in all ages. "To do good to others; to love your neighbour as yourself; to honour your parents — these and a few others, are the sole essentials of...by all the sermons, homilies, and text-books which moralists and theologians have been able to produce." On the other hand, knowledge and intellectual...

...practically holds its exclusive agency. The essentials of morals, he tells us, are a few precepts, ' known for thousands of years ; and not one jot or...by all the sermons, homilies, and text-books, which moralists and theologians have been able to produce.' (Page 163.) The New Testament itself 'contained...