Note 70.1 — UTILITARIANISM.
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“Atheism is repugnant to moral and political economy, for it necessarily destroys the idea of morality. If there is no law in the material world, there can be no law in the spiritual and social worlds. Every motive for self-restraint is removed; for the idea of an object for which to strive is rejected.”—Baring-Gould, Development of Religious Belief, vol. i. p. 283. An original and powerful work.