Bonifacius: An Essay to Do Good (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Bonifacius: An Essay to Do Good\nThough the year 1721-22 rs far beyond the production of Bonifacius, rt rs of rnterest to note his pathetrc discouragement rn dorng good after hrs proposals for smallpox inoculation were not only vigorously opposed but he hrmself, after he had been revrled and persecuted, seemed completely rejected Before a meetrng of mrnrsters rn November, 1721, he quotes agarn the sentence spoken by the envoy that had 1mpressed hrm so much, It has been a Maxim with me, that a Power to do good, not only grves a right rnto rt, but also makes the Dorng of rt a Duty.\nAbout the Publisher\nForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\nThis 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.