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Votes of the P---y of E--h. Die Mercurii, die 29no Dec. 1756. Resolved, that Learning, Genius, and Merit are the Bane of Society, and ought to be discouraged. Resolved, That Ignorance, Dulness, and Demerit are the Glory of this covenanted Church, and ought, therefore, to be encouraged. Resolved, That every Proposition, which silly People alone maintain, is true. Ordered, That the Crowd of wise Heads, who fill the Areas of the T-th K-k, be henceforth sovereign Arbiters of Taste, Composition, and Merit. Resolved, That none but ignorant, superstitious, barbarous Nations have admired those Representations of human Life, which are exhibited upon the Stage. Ordered.
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