Those who live by mystery & charlatanerie, fearing you would render th…

Thomas Jefferson
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Those who live by mystery & charlatanerie, fearing you would render them useless by simplifying the Christian philosophy - the most sublime and benevolent, but most perverted system that ever shone on man - endeavored to crush your well-earned & well-deserved fame. ✨ Letter to Dr. Joseph Priestley, March 21, 1801.
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