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The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’

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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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Blood Growth Religious
Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Nature Soul Teaching
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Lust Religious Soul
A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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Beautiful Lust Religious
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice
We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Believe Himself Men Religious
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Men Present
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion
For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be slaughtered-if, according to that discipline of ours, it was not more lawful to be slain than to slay?
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Discipline Law Willing
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Fear Foundation Safety
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame

The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’

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