There now remain only a few books, which they call books of the lesser prophets; and as I have already shown that the greater are impostors, it would be cowardice to disturb the repose of the little ones. Let them sleep, then, in the arms of their nurses, the priests, and both be forgotten together. ✨ Thomas Paine (1830). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, p.123
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