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he brings the following indictments | he brings the following indictments | ||
against the Stage: | against the Stage: | ||
(1) That in general, it has even | (1) That in general, it has even been | ||
hostile to public virtue | hostile to public virtue | ||
and, as an institution, | and, as an institution, | ||
pernicious and corrupting | |||
in its influence. | in its influence. | ||
And this he sustains by abundant | And this he sustains by abundant | ||
reference to the unvarying | reference to the unvarying | ||
testimony of the Christian | testimony of the Christian | ||
church, in | church, in successive | ||
generations, the testimony | generations, the testimony | ||
of heathen writers, like | of heathen writers, like | ||
Plato, Aristottle, | Plato, Aristottle, Tacitus, | ||
Ovid. The history of | Ovid. The history of | ||
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5. of "Clean" drama. 2. Thus Eliminating an Element of confusion in the argument he brings the following indictments against the Stage: (1) That in general, it has even been hostile to public virtue and, as an institution, pernicious and corrupting in its influence. And this he sustains by abundant reference to the unvarying testimony of the Christian church, in successive generations, the testimony of heathen writers, like Plato, Aristottle, Tacitus, Ovid. The history of