Excerpt from The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, 1865, Vol. 1: Devoted to the Impartial and Deliberate Discussion of Important Question in Religion, Philosophy, History, Politics, Social Economy, Etc.; And to the Promotion of Self-Culture and General Education Of the value of impartial Controversy as a means of mental culture, and as an essential process in that sifting of thought from which Truth issues as a result, the Conductors remain as convinced as when, in May, 1850, they laid their first offering to free thought before the intelligent and reflective. 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.

Excerpt from The British Controversialist, Vol. 1: And Impartial Inquirer; Established for the Purpose of Forming a Suitable Medium for the Deliberate Discussion of Important Questions in Religion, Philosophy, History, Politics, Social Economy, Etc It appears necessary at the commencement of our work that we should pledge ourselves to the course we intend to pursue with respect to all controversy conducted in our pages and we therefore state, once for all, that that course will be one of strict neutrality. We shall not adopt any sect or party as our own; nor even announce our own decision at the conclusion of a discussion. We shall endeavour to place the argu ments on both sides of a question fairly before our readers, and then leave them to draw their Own conclusions. We aspire to no higher office than to hold the scales of justice with a steady hand, then to allow men whose opinions differ to place those opinions and the reasons in support of them in either scale, so that they, and others also, may have an Opportunity of seeing which side preponderates.' Men of different sects and parties have too long kept apart as enemies, instead Of meeting and consulting together as brethren and friends. 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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