Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve protect and defend" it.
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You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve protect and defend" it.
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