Mistakes of Ingersoll on Thomas Paine: As Shown by E.P. Goodwin, D.D., Wm. M. Blackburn, D.D., Bishop Fallows, Rev. Simeon Gilbert, Pere Hyacinthe, Prof. Wilcox, Rev. James Maclaughlin, W.F. Hatfield, D.D., and Others. Including Also Ingersoll's Lecture on Thomas PaineJames Baird McClure |
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... Mary Roscoe , a Quakeress , who frequently visited him , if she had ever read any of his writings , and being told that she had read very little of them , he inquired what she thought of them , adding , ' From such a one as you I expect ...
... Mary Roscoe , a Quakeress , who frequently visited him , if she had ever read any of his writings , and being told that she had read very little of them , he inquired what she thought of them , adding , ' From such a one as you I expect ...
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... Mary Hinsdale . She was a servant in the family of Wil- let Hicks . The church is always proving something by a nurse . She , like Mary Roscoe , was sent to carry some delicacy to Mr. Paine . To this young lady Paine , according to his ...
... Mary Hinsdale . She was a servant in the family of Wil- let Hicks . The church is always proving something by a nurse . She , like Mary Roscoe , was sent to carry some delicacy to Mr. Paine . To this young lady Paine , according to his ...
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... Mary Hinsdale , at No. 10 Anthony Street , New York , and showed her the statement . Upon being questioned by Mr. Cobbett she said that it was so long ago that she could not speak positively to any part of the matter ; that she would ...
... Mary Hinsdale , at No. 10 Anthony Street , New York , and showed her the statement . Upon being questioned by Mr. Cobbett she said that it was so long ago that she could not speak positively to any part of the matter ; that she would ...
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... Mary Roscoe . Mr. Paine uttered the wish that all who read his book had burned it . I believe there is a mistake in the name of this girl . Her name was prob . ably Mary Hinsdale , as it was once claimed that Paine made the same remark ...
... Mary Roscoe . Mr. Paine uttered the wish that all who read his book had burned it . I believe there is a mistake in the name of this girl . Her name was prob . ably Mary Hinsdale , as it was once claimed that Paine made the same remark ...
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... Mary- land to receive and accommodate you back , if you can be ready to depart at such a short warning . You will , in general , find us returned to sentiments worthy of former times ; in these it will be your glory to have steadily ...
... Mary- land to receive and accommodate you back , if you can be ready to depart at such a short warning . You will , in general , find us returned to sentiments worthy of former times ; in these it will be your glory to have steadily ...
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Page 120 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 62 - I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them and that is the Christian religion. If they had...
Page 83 - The tradition of followers suffices to insert any number of marvels, and may have inserted all the miracles which he is reputed to have wrought. But who among his disciples or among their proselytes was capable of inventing the sayings ascribed to Jesus or of imagining the life and character revealed in the Gospels ? Certainly not the fishermen of Galilee ; as certainly not St.
Page 77 - Believe me, dear sir, there is not in the British Empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this I think I speak the sentiments of America.
Page 50 - We will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Page 38 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Page 151 - I am in hopes you will find us returned generally to sentiments worthy of former times. In these it will be your glory to have steadily labored, and with as much effect as any man living. That you may long live to continue your useful labors, and to reap their reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sincere prayer.
Page 84 - It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions, has been not only the highest pattern of virtue but the strongest incentive to its practice...
Page 77 - ... to-day in the petitions of our worthy pastor for a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies. Let us separate ; they are unworthy to be our brethren. Let us renounce them ; and, instead of supplications, as formerly, for their prosperity and happiness, let us beseech the Almighty to blast their counsels, and bring to nought all their devices.
Page 152 - I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.