Joseph Story: ‘The Value and Importance of Legal Studies’ in Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story, 503, 519 (William L Story ed 1852) (“With us, indeed, who form a part of the Christian community of nations, the law of nature has a higher sanction as it stands supported and illustrated by revelation. Christianity, while with many minds it acquires authority from its coincidences with the law of nature, as deduced from reason, has added strength and dignity to the latter by its positive declarations. It goes farther. It unfolds our duties with far more clearness and perfection than had been known before its promulgation; and has given a commanding force to those of imperfect obligation. It relieves the mind from many harassing doubts and disquietudes, and imparts a blessed influence to the peaceful and benevolent virtues, to mercy, charity, humility, and gratitude.);http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/value-and-importance-of-legal-studies/17546493
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COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (1883) by Joseph Story, LL.D.