The Church Catechism Examined (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Church Catechism Examined <p>In 1814 Bentham removed to Ford Abbey. Devonshire, where he was accompanied by James Mill and his family. Here Mill wrote his History of British India, and here Bentham and be devised several important anti-theological works. John Stuart Mill in his Autobiography mentions this sojourn as an impor tant circumstance in his education. In the same year Bentham advanced money to Robert Owen to enable him to carry on his experiment at New Lanark. Three years later appeared a pamphlet Swear Not at All, in which he exposed the immorality of oaths as used in the two Church of England universities. This was one of his many decisive blows at the abuses of his day. In 1817 also appeared his Plan of Parlia mentary Reform, in which he advocated universal suffrage and the ballot. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.