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History of the United States: to which is prefixed a brief historical account of our [English] ancestors, from the dispersion at Babel, to their migration to America, and of the conquest of South America, by the Spaniards

Book by Noah Webster · 4 quotes · Christian, Principles, Republican

Comprising a comprehensive historical narrative, the book delves into the origins of English ancestors and their journey to America. It further examines the significant events of the Spanish conquest in South America, providing a detailed account of the historical context and impact of these events on the region.

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“All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”

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“The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion of Christ and his apostles, in it primitive simplicity and purity, unencumbered with the trappings of power and the pomp of ceremonies, is the surest basis of a republican government.”