 I am, moreover, averse to the communication of my religious tenets to the public; because it would countenance the presumption of those who have endeavored to draw them before that tribunal, and to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that inquisition...  The Alumni Bulletin - Página 1211908Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...Jefferson's Memoirs, vol. ii. pp. 216-218. In another place, Jefferson writes to Dr. Rush :— I am averse to the communication of my religious tenets...would countenance the presumption of those who have endeavoured to draw them before that tribunal, and to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that... | |
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...malignant perversions of those who make every word from me a text for new misrepresentations and calumnies. I am moreover averse to the communication of my religious...to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that inquisition over the rights of conscience, which the laws have so justly proscribed. It behooves every... | |
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