I speak as a man of the world to men of the world and I say to you, Search the Scriptures The Bible is the book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life not to be read once or twice or thrice through, and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters every day, and never to be intermitted, unless by some overruling necessity.
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Admit that the press transferred the pontificate of Rome to Henry VIIIAdmit that the press demolished in some sort the feudal system, and set the serfs and villains free admit that the press demolished the monasteries, nunneries, and religious houses into whose hands did all these alienated baronies, monasteries, and religious houses and lands fall Into the hands of the democracy Into the hands of serfs and villains Serfs and villains were the only real democracy in those time. No. They fell into the hands of other aristocrats....
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Be not intimidated, therefore, by any terrors, from publishing with the utmost freedom whatever can be warranted by the laws of your country nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberty by any pretenses of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery, and cowardice.
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Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
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