Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects p…

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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.128, Hackett Publishing
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.128, Hackett Publishing

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