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PG-P.729.033
18 Sep 1729:21 (38)
A Second Letter on Superstition. Gentlemen, Whoever take a
view of the world will find that what a great part of
mankind have agreed to call religion, has been only some
outward exercises esteemed sufficient to work a
reconciliation with God: It has moved them to build
temples, slay victims, offer up sacrifices; to fast and
feast; to petition and thank; to laugh and cry; to sing and
sigh by turns; but it has not yet been found strong enough
to induce them to break off an amour; . . .
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