“The great object was to get rid of Christianity, and to convert our churches into halls of science. The plan was not to make open attacks on religion, although we might the clergy and bring them into contempt where we could: but to establish a system of state - we said national - schools, from which all religion was to be excluded.” SaidStatesMightSchoolChristianChurchReligiousChristianityPlansObjectsHallsContemptExcludedClergy Book:An Address on Intemperance: Delivered in Walpole, N.H. February 26, 1833 Source: An Address on Intemperance: Delivered in Walpole, N.H. February 26, 1833
“If you would make a man happy, study not to augment his goods; but to diminish his wants. One of the greatest services Christianity has rendered the world has been its consecration of poverty, and its elevation of labor to the dignity of a moral duty.” IfsMenWorldWantHas BeensMoralChristianityPovertyStudyDutyLaborDignityGoodsDiminishElevationConsecrationMoral Duty Book:Brownson's Quarterly Review Source: Brownson's Quarterly Review
