The Foundations of Morality: Being Discourses on the Ten Commandments with Special Reference to Their Origin and Authority (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The kind of natural and inherent testimony that is borne by the Mosaic Decalogue to its own authority and origin. We find the Ten Commandments accepted as the basis of moral and social life, in the most civilised nations Of the world. Why is this? Why do their enactments and prohibitions receive the com mon consent and acquiescence of mankind? Is there any reason why they should continue to do so? Is there any reason why they should not be repealed? Can we be sure that this common consent and acquiescence.

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