Excerpt from An Address, Delivered in the Chapel of Amherst College, August 24, 1834: Before the Society of Inquiry, and Published at Their Request Discretion, has been denominated practical wisdom. It looks at the moral fitness of a thing, as well as the consequences which may follow from it. It determines according to its real propriety, as well as the ultimate advantage it may produce. It cannot exist in an unen lightened mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.