The Revolutions of 1688 and 1776 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Revolutions of 1688 and 1776 Not until the publication of Newton´s "Principia" in 1687, however, was the fact clearly established that the world is not governed by arbitrary fiats, but according to fixed laws everywhere in force. These laws were acknowledged to be working for the general happiness of mankind; and thus faith in the universal fatherhood of God began to drive away the fancy that he wished his servants to slaughter whoever would not worship him precisely as they did. Thus Newton did much to increase the influence of the books published late in the century by Penn, Locke, Spinoza, and many other authors, to prove that religion is holy enough to have a right to grow freely. The "Principia" was the death-warrant of persecution. Political freedom, also, was guaranteed by the advance of science. Early nations knew almost as little about kings who rule according to the laws of the land, as about a God who rules according to the laws of the universe; but England was now beginning to see that the best of all governments, whether on earth or in heaven, is that which is most in harmony with impartial laws. II. The Royal Society was protected against bigots by a king who was much more interested in science than in either theology or politics. He was too indolent, as well as too fond of dissipation, to rule as despotically as he might have done in the reaction against the regicides. No more taxes were levied without authority from Parliament; local self-government was re-established throughout Great Britain; and arbitrary imprisonment was forbidden by the Act of Habeas Corpus. The Merry Monarch was too irreligious to be intolerant; but he suffered many harmless Quakers to die in prison, and the Puritans were persecuted cruelly by the vindictive Episcopalians. There were thousands of martyrs in Scotland, where the people had been loyal to this heartless king from the first. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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