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" ... 2. His moral doctrines, relating to kindred and friends, were more pure and perfect than those of the most correct of the philosophers, and greatly more so than those of the Jews; and they went far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthropy,... "
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late ... - Page 511
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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The Ten Commandments in History: Mosaic Paradigms for a Well-ordered Society

Paul Grimley Kuntz - Religion - 2004 - 244 pages
...far beyond ... in inculcating umversal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all...love, charity, peace, common wants and common aids." Jefferson partly overcame his prejudice against theologians by discovering Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)....
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Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

Thomas Jefferson - History - 2004 - 178 pages
...doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth inculcated universal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, but to all mankind, gathering all into one family,...love, charity, peace, common wants, and common aids. No doctrines of Jesus lead to schism. We are all created by the same Great Spirit; children of the...
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The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed

Alf J. Mapp - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 196 pages
...in inculcating universal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, gathering all into one family, under the bonds of...superiority of the system of Jesus over all others. Jefferson added, "The precepts of philosophy, and of the Hebrew code, laid hold of actions only. He...
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Backfired: A Nation Born for Religious Tolerance No Longer Tolerates Religion

William J. Federer - History - 2005 - 292 pages
...in their belief of one only God, and giving them juster notions of His attributes and government.... The precepts of philosophy, and of the Hebrew code,...of actions only. He pushed his scrutinies into the hearts of man, erected his tribunal in the region of thoughts, and purified the waters at the fountainhead.......
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Head and Heart: American Christianities

Garry Wills - United States - 2007 - 646 pages
...far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all...peculiar superiority of the system of Jesus over all others.36 Jefferson shared his Syllabus w\th Benjamin Rush, who had requested an account of Jefferson's...
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Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America--Winthrop ...

Matthew S. Holland - Religion - 2007 - 340 pages
...ethical systems in inculcating universal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all...of love, charity, peace, common wants, and common aids.22 Underscoring the strength of Jefferson's blossoming interest in New Testament teachings, about...
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Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in ...

Steven Waldman - Religion - 2008 - 306 pages
...While the early Jews thought like a parochial tribe, Jesus eatended the principles of ncigh borli ness to "all mankind, gathering all into one family, under the bonds of lnve, charity, peace, common wants and common aids, ' Jewish law focused on actions, but Jesus "pushed...
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The North American Review, Volume 30

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1830 - 630 pages
...far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthropy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all...love, charity, peace, common wants, and common aids. A developement of this head will evince the peculiar superiority of the system of Jesus over all others....
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The Van der Kemp Collection: A bundle of Thomas Jefferson's Letters

Matthew A. Misbach - 2007 - 60 pages
...far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthropy. not only to kindred & friends, to neighbors & countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all into...under the bonds of love, charity, peace, common wants, & common aids. a development of this head will evince the peculiar superiority of the system of Jesus...
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