Bible of Reason, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Bible of Reason, Vol. 1: Or, Scriptures of Ancient Moralist 1. The world, or universal order of being, subsists by continual action or fluctuation, in a perpetual succession of individual nativity and mortality, production and extinction: we ought frequently to reflect deeply on the nature of the universe. 2. The faculty of generative vitality is the eternizing principle. 3. Some individuals are rushing on their career of existence, and others are hastening towards decay; nature is sustained by constant renewal, as time endures by perpetual continuance. 4. Substances naturally perish, and substances of the like kind are naturally produced, in endless progression: the flood of generations rolls on in its interminable course. 5. This whole scene of objects which we now behold, will very shortly be replaced by others of similar mode. 6. Let us reflect with what celerity the scenes of life are shifted; things glide along unceasingly like a rapid stream; the natural action is producing continual change; causes and effects are infinite in variety, and nothing is in a fixed and permanent state. 7. Matter is transformed from one form or substance to another, in an infinite operation. He who contemplates these perpetual changes and vicissitudes, thus rapidly rolling on, like one wave upon another, will entertain but an humble opinion of mortal affairs. 8. In short, the universal movement sweeps every thing before it into the ocean of eternity and oblivion: mutability of forms, but permanency of mode, is the attribute of the universe. 9. How rapidly does each individual object vanish and disappear! The individuals themselves are respectively absorbed in the immensity of the universe, and the memory of them, by the lapse of time, is sunk in oblivion! Every thing relating to us is fleeting and transient, and the reveries of the mind are as a vapour and a dream. 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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