The first man and his place in creation : considered on the principles of science and common sense from a Christian point of view : with an appendix on the Negro / by George Moore.

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1866
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    PA.au CHAPTER XVIII. Human Freedom . . . . . • • • 212 Freedom of will a human prerogative—freedom, variety, and conformity—forced conformity slavish—the first man free to be happy by obeying the good—dominion of man's ■mil- obedience to Divine will the liberty of reason—the pleasure of knowledge incomplete without knowing the author of truth— to obey Divine law is to work divinely—man needs God's teach- ing to complete his reason. CHxiPTER XIX. Moral Law 220 Moral law and free agency—law expressed—obedience or dis- obedience determines destiny—no recovery but by Divine remedy—brutes without morals—no responsibility if no reason —instinct without perception of moral good and evil—man proved supernatural by his moral perverseness—conscience and free will — self-government and holiness—moral and in- tellectual powers co-operative—good never lost—moral instruc- tion and prohibition—sin—the first law arbitrary—sin and death—conscience marks fallen man—thinking men conscious of sin—when conscious of sin man seeks a Saviour—Divine love the ground of man's obedience. CHAPTER XX. The Origin of Language 242 Man needed language and God imparted it—the three theories of language—the mute origin of speech—the intuitive—the sympathetic—man's sympathy with natiire—Max Miiller on roots—the origin of language illustrated by the case of Laura Bridgman—reason not complete without language—the state of savages—their recovery through truth in words—the English tongue. CHAPTER XXI. The First Language necessarily Taught . . . 257 Instruction overcomes obstacles to mind—action—speech and thought—the silent system inhuman—language develops mind