Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties
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