An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c.

  • Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813.
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MDCCXCIX [1799]
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Credit: An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ '9 ] pufillanimity, fuch inhumanity ! let us rather make ufe of our belt endeavours, to put in mo- tion the precious tide of life, and, if we mould have the gratification of fucceeding, in one in- itance out of a great number, it will fully repay us for all our exertions. I am indeed confidently perfuaded, that the principles upon which this Society is reared, are manifeflly grafted upon the Chriftian Religion. We may well remember, the account left us on record, of the many benevolent acts performed by the mod: illuflrious perfonage, that ever exif- ted in this mortal ftate; who fympathized with the afflicted, reftored the fick to health, unftopped the ears of the deaf, opened the eyes of the blind, caufed the lame to walk perfectly, the lepers to be cleanfed, and even reftored the dead to life. Thefe were marvellous ads of charity, unequivocal traits of difinterefted hu- manity, a fublime difplay of fuperior benevo- lence. Let us, my friends, as far as human power can extend, purfue the example of fo great, fo dignified a character, in fuch ads of charity and benevolence. To what objea indeed can our views be more rationally directed, than the refloring that aftive