If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in…

Benjamin Franklin
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If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another. ✨ The Works of Benjamin Franklin.
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