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In this lecture the author examines the contents of the law imprinted upon the conscience, of the nature of the precepts which it issues for our observance with the intention of proving that these injunctions reveal to us the character and attributes, as well as the purposes, of the Almighty. They do so, because they answer no lower purpose; they are not subservient as means to any end but this. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)