Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power


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It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it ...
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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of in...
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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort o...
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