...and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, #s equally useful. And thus toleration produced, not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord....

...worship prevailing in the Roman world ? Mr. Gibbon says that " these modes of worship were con" sidered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." What observation does Paley make upon this account ? Paley asks, "From which of these classes could...

...accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ;" and I would ask from which...

...custom a dead letter in all ages : it had rarely been enforced. " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." Pliny, regardless...

...most learned of historians, that "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ; and this toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." It seems to...

...principles. ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all,' he remarks, ' considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful.' Some feeling of this kind constituted the whole of his religious belief; and hence in the fifteenth...

...accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :' and I would ask, from which...

...by the habits of the superstitious part of their subjects ; that the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ; and that this toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." And Mr....

...of the worst examples of this was afforded by the Roman empire, where " the various modes of worship were all considered by the people as equally true,...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful."* And the statesmen of the later empire, yielding to the cosmopolitan character of the age, as they added...

...given the Indians the book, if they were to be directed by it. ,f " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...philosopher, as equally false ; and by the magistrate, ai equally useful.'' — Gibbon'* Decline and Fall, chapter ii. is hindered at once. He must see that...