The Library of American Biography, Volume 4Harper, 1847 - United States |
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Page 4
... - erality , so long may they learn lessons of the highest practical value from the life of him , who has been justly styled " the apostle of religious liberty . " ROGER WILLIAMS . CHAPTER I. His early Life . - 4 PREFACE .
... - erality , so long may they learn lessons of the highest practical value from the life of him , who has been justly styled " the apostle of religious liberty . " ROGER WILLIAMS . CHAPTER I. His early Life . - 4 PREFACE .
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... liberty , not to open a temple for the disciples of every faith and the adherents of every creed ; that they had braved the ocean and the wilderness , and begun to plant their civil and religious institutions beneath these unpropi ...
... liberty , not to open a temple for the disciples of every faith and the adherents of every creed ; that they had braved the ocean and the wilderness , and begun to plant their civil and religious institutions beneath these unpropi ...
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... liberty , and of individual independence , which they as- sociated with their religious faith , were generally regarded , in that age when the divine right of kings had scarcely been questioned , as the germs of every species of anarchy ...
... liberty , and of individual independence , which they as- sociated with their religious faith , were generally regarded , in that age when the divine right of kings had scarcely been questioned , as the germs of every species of anarchy ...
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... liberty of conscience led him to doubt the right of the colony to impose an oath ; and his opposition was so determined , that " the government was forced to desist from that pro- ceeding . " His opinions upon this subject appear to ...
... liberty of conscience led him to doubt the right of the colony to impose an oath ; and his opposition was so determined , that " the government was forced to desist from that pro- ceeding . " His opinions upon this subject appear to ...
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... , " as it will prove an act of mercy and righteousness to the en slaved nations , so it is of binding force to en gage the whole and every interest and con science to preserve the common liberty and peace . " ROGER 47 WILLIAMS .
... , " as it will prove an act of mercy and righteousness to the en slaved nations , so it is of binding force to en gage the whole and every interest and con science to preserve the common liberty and peace . " ROGER 47 WILLIAMS .
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