Learning Better Than House And Land As Exemplified in the History of Harry Joh
Learning Better Than House And Land As Exemplified in the History of Harry Joh
John Carey
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Conspicuous as he was for his wealth, he was still more distin- guished by the good qualities which marked his character and conduct, and was so universally esteemed and respected by the citizens of New York, that, without any solicitation on his part, they spontaneously elect- ed him as their representative in the Congress that celebrated assembly, in which men of various religions are seen sitting together in friendly union ; no one inquiring what his neighbour's tenets are ; since the Americ...an Constitution admits no distinction on account of religion ; but, with an enlightened and liberal 132 policy, has left even the highest offices in the republic equally, ac- cessible to men of every persuasion, without requiring any other religious test, than the bare profession of their "belief in the existence of a God, and a future slate of retribution ;" which belief the Americans " have " experimentally found sufficient for '- all the purposes of social life, and " for the due and conscientious dis- " charge of every public duty lea- " vingit to each individual tobelieve, "in other respects, according to the " convictions of his own mind and " justly considering, that belief -is i: not an act of the will that a man *\ cannot believe as he chooses and "-that the taking of a test-oath, tc when interest is concerned, is not; ' '' 133 '" always a proof of conviction, or a " security for the punctual perfor- " mance of the duty undertaken/'*.
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