Letters: Selections from the Private and Political Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Telling the Story of American Independence and the Founding of the American GovernmentE.M. Hale, 1949 - 374 Seiten |
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... reason at length erected , after so many ages , during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings , priests , and nobles ; and it is honorable for us , to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare ...
... reason at length erected , after so many ages , during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings , priests , and nobles ; and it is honorable for us , to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare ...
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... reason firmly in her seat , and call to her tribunal every fact , every opinion . Question with boldness even the existence of a God ; because , if there be one , he must more approve of the homage of reason , than that of blindfolded ...
... reason firmly in her seat , and call to her tribunal every fact , every opinion . Question with boldness even the existence of a God ; because , if there be one , he must more approve of the homage of reason , than that of blindfolded ...
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... reason , and not by the reason of those ecclesiastics . Most of these are lost . There are some , however , still extant , collected by Fabricius , which I will endeavor to get and send you . 5. Travelling . This makes men wiser , but ...
... reason , and not by the reason of those ecclesiastics . Most of these are lost . There are some , however , still extant , collected by Fabricius , which I will endeavor to get and send you . 5. Travelling . This makes men wiser , but ...
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