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Iff&uld sit- and : read , ( having a book in my : fx * cket ) and pas& the time « greea $ > lyt : Ull the tide turned ; I therefore prevailed-with the captain to put me ashore . BeiHg landed , I found
the greatest part of my meadow was really a ^ niarsh , in crossing which , to c&me at niy tree , £ was up to my knees in mire : and I had not placed myself under its shade five minutes before the muskitoes in swarms found
me out , attacked nay legs , hands , and face , and made my reading and my rest impossible ; so that I returned to the beach , and called for the boat to come and take-me on board again , where I was obliged to bear the heat I had strove to quit , and also th « laugh of the company . Similar cases in the affairs of life have since
frequently fallen under my observation . I have had thoughts of a college for him in America ; I know no one who might be more useful to trm public in the institution of youth . But there are possible unpleasantnesses in that situation : it cannot be
obtained but by a too hazardous voyage at this time for a family : and the time iar experiments would be all otherwise engaged .
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To Doctor Prlce . Pussy , OciobvrQ , 1780 . Pear Sir , BESIDES the pleasure of their company , I had the great satisfaction of hearing by your two vaJuabJe friends , and ^ Kjarning from your letter , that you enjoy a eood state of health .
May God continue it as well for the f ood of mankind as for your comfort , thank you much for the second edition of yptir excellent pamphlet : I forwarded that you sent to Mr . Dana , he being in Holland . I wish also Uh see the piece you have written , ( as Mr . Joives tell * me ) on toleration : 1 do not expect that your new parliament will be either wiser or honester
than the last . AH projects to procure an honest one , 7 > y place bills , Sec appear to me vain and impracticable . " yhe true -cure ; I imagine is to be found onl y iiv rendering all plades unprofkarj ^ ajl d the king too' poor
to gtv < e fef ^ bes atnl pensions . Till thia is d < me , wfcicb caiat ! oxAy be by a Fevc ^ TuUoB ,. aqd ^ iht nk ^ you have not TirUje ^ ij ^ u ^ i feft \ U > , procure + o&e , your nati ^ n ? will always be pluh ^ ered ; ? ¦ *
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derfcrs for plundering and ¥ ulhin £ : Liberty and virtue therefore 3 rn the call co"mr out of her , ' my people I 1 am fnlly of your opinion respecting religious tests ; hut thought the people of Massachusetts have not in their new constitution kept quite !
clear of them ; yet if we consider what that people were one hundred years ago , we must allow they hare gone greater lengths in liberality of sentiment , on Ferigious subjects ; and we ma y hope for greater degrees of
perfection when their constitution some years hence shall be- revised . If Christian preachers had continued to teach as * Christ and his apostles did , without salaries , and as tne Quakers now do , I imagine test * would neter have existed : tbt'l think
they were invented not s& much to secure religion itself , as the eniolu--m ^ nteotit . When a religion is good , 1 conceive that it will support itself ; and when it cannot support itself , and Crod' does not take dirt to siitipoft
it , so that its professors are obliged to \ call for the help of tfre civil ' p ' owcr , ' tis a sign I apprehend ; of its'Wing a bad one . But I shall be o \ it of ttiy depth if I wade any deeper in theology , and I writ not tfb ' rible you wii 4 i politics , nor whh neivs , wliicri are almost as uncertain : but conclude
with a heartfelt wish to embrace you onct more , and enjoy your sweet society in peace , among our honest , worthy , ingenious friend ^ at the London . Adieu , &"C . B . FRANKLIN .
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From a Letter to President Stipes . PhUadelpMay March Q , 1790 . ¦ " » You desire to know something of my religion . It is the first time 1 hare been questioned upon it . But I cannot take your " ifturiosiiy amiss , and shall endeavout fn a few' words
to gratif y it . Hcre ^ is my creed : I believe in One God , the Creator of the universe . That he governs it by his Providence . That he ought t <> be worshipped I That the most arcce ]) tuble service kv ^ retid ^ rr to h i / n fa doing good to tiis other children . That the 6 < mhI of fnan is immortal ,, and will be treated- wkh justice in another
life respecting its conduct in this . Truest i taUt « < sou ^ bc th « fhrickfthefttal points in all sound religion , and I
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Exfr * cts £ fotn ? &w 'Ptibtiti&r&ns * 16
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/15/
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