The Theological and Miscellaneous Works, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Theological and Miscellaneous Works, Vol. 9 It is here due to the memory of several public-spirited persons, and a just tribute of respect to some who yet survive, to relate how Dr. Priestley was enabled to accomplish the favourite purpose of his latter years, by committing to the Northumberland press the whole of the General History, and his Notes on all the Books of Scripture. This friendly and seasonable interference cannot be described better than in the following statement by Mr. Belsham, to which I have referred in a Note to the Dedication (p. 5): The writer of this Memoir, learning, from his own and Mr. Lindsey´s correspondence with Dr. Priestley, the difficulties which had occurred upon this subject, and apprehensive lest, after all, the Christian world might be deprived of the benefit of his most valuable labours for want of a sufficient fund to enable him to publish the work, it occurred to him, that if a hundred persons could be found to subscribe five pounds each for a copy of the whole of both the works, and to pay their subscriptions in advance, every difficulty would be surmounted. No sooner was the proposal made than it was adopted with great ardour and zeal by Dr. Priestley´s numerous friends, and the friends of freedom of inquiry in general; so that the sum wanted was very soon far exceeded, and the venerable exiles mind was made. perfectly easy. Mrs. Lindsey exerted her usual energies in the cause, and his friends at Birmingham and Hackney were not deficient; and among these no one was more indefatigable or successful than Benjamin Travers, Esq. then resident at Clapton. The list of subscribers was numerous and respectable. 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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