The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 10. 11. 2009 - Počet stran: 288 What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... happiness I wish you to participate with me by infusing into your heart a similar hope. Should this letter produce such a change it will comfort me, and impart to you that peace of mind, which the world cannot give, and which I am sure ...
... happiness, or eternal misery will be the des- tiny of man in the life to come, the most pious the most exemplary have trembled at the thought of the dreadful alternative: oh! what will be the fate of those, who little think of it, or ...
... Happiness are very obliging. . . . I have my self no Doubts that I shall enjoy as much of both as is proper for me. That Being who gave me Existence, and thro' almost three score Years has been continually showering his Favours upon me ...
... happiness and glory, to forsake us in the midst of it. No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the. John Adams to F. C. Schaeffer, November 25, 1821. Ibid. George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, June 29, 1788. Fitzpatrick ...
... Happiness be universal, with all my heart. Think not. divine interposition was so frequently manifested in our behalf. John Witherspoon, “Sermon delivered at a Public Thanksgiving after Peace,” November 28, 1782. Works of Witherspoon, 3 ...