Think how the dog, fond and faithful creature as he is, from being the
most docile and obedient of all animals, is made the most dangerous, if
he become mad; so men acquire a frightful and not less monstrous power
when they are in a state of moral insanity, and break loose from their
social and religious obligations. Remember too how rapidly the plague of
diseased opinions is communicated, and that if it once gain head, it is
as difficult to be stopt as a conflagration or a flood.--_Southey._
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