Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion

I i IX. ON THE PROPAGATION OF POUND OPINIONS, Bt THE CREATION OF A TRUBTWOHT nT AUTHORITY. BKC nOS TAGX 1. The chief pennanent influences for the authentication of opinions. .107 2. I. The civil rovernmeut. i Juty of the state to encourajre truth and discourage error, examined 198 3. The duty of the state with respect to religious truth and error depends upon its power .......... 200 4. Power of the state to promote religious truth by punishment .. 201 5. By reward .. .. .204 0. liy endowment 205 7. By public instruction .. .. .. .. ..211 8. And by a censorship of the press .. .. .. ..212 0. The state cannot etlectually promote religious truth by any of these means ............ 213 10. Objections made to the neutrality of the state in religious questions .213 11. Answer to these objections ......... 215 12. Power of the state to promote truth in secular matters by literary endowments and public instruction ....... 218 13. Extent to which the government ought to attempt to influence opinion in secular matters .......... 221 14. Moral authority of the government and effect of its example .. 222 15. A government may countenance sound opinions by upholding good institutions 224 16. Censorship of the press in secular aflairs ...... 225 17. The qualitications of professional persons may be authenticated by diplomas and degrees .......... 227 18. II. Churches and ecclesiastical bodies. The influence of the heads of each church is exercised over the members of that church exclusively 228 19. Authentication of ministers of religion by ordination .... 229 20. III. Voluntary associations for political, scieutiflc, and literary piu poses. Their influence upon opinion ........ 230 21. Universities and places of learning 232 22. Political parties 233 23. IV. The periodical press. Origin and history of newspapers .. 233 24. Influence of newspapers upon opinion ....... 236 (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)