| William Eleroy Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 458 pages
...1834 that the divorce between church and state was complete and universal in this country. " I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," said Jefferson. " I have ever thought religion a concern purely between our maker and our conscience,... | |
| Granville Davisson Hall - 1902 - 972 pages
...energies to the amendment of these conditions. In some of his private correspondence he said : "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The situation in Virginia before the time of Jefferson is thus described by Moses Coit Tyler: The units... | |
| Frederic May Holland - Great Britain - 1902 - 24 pages
...He also declared that he should oppose the establishment of any nationalchurch, for he had "sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." His open hatred of slavery did not deprive him of a single electoral vote in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,... | |
| Granville Davisson Hall - Virginia - 1902 - 652 pages
...of these conditions. In some of Ins private correspondence he said : "I have sworn upon the altar 01 God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the. mind of man." The situation in Virginia before the time of Jefferson is thus described by Moses Coit Tyler: The unltt... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 504 pages
...confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against...conversations for me with Mazzei, Bishop Madison, etc., which are absolute falsehoods without a circumstance of truth to rest on; falsehoods, too, of... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 504 pages
...confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against...conversations for me with Mazzei, Bishop Madison, etc., which are absolute falsehoods without a circumstance of truth to rest on; falsehoods, too, of... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - History - 1903 - 538 pages
...anything that savored in the slightest of any form of tyranny or compulsion. He said, " I have sworn, on the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Full seventy-five years before the great conflict that finally cut the Gordian knot of slavery, Jefferson... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 556 pages
...enough to have carved on his tomb-stone. His devotion to public education was a child of his oath of "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Many extracts from his public papers and private letters would illustrate this truth. Three will suffice.... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1904 - 550 pages
...speak, to do. His life was largely given to unfettering the mind of man. " I have sworn," he wrote, " upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The statute for religious liberty, drawn by him and enacted by the Virginia Assembly, was the first... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1904 - 550 pages
...anything that savored in the slightest of any form of tyranny or compulsion. He said, "I have sworn, on the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Full seventy-five years before the great conflict that finally cut the Gordian knot of slavery, Jefferson... | |
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