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".Wit, however, is a dangerous gift for a preacher, a politician or a professor - he is certain to offend the stupid persons who are always in a majority"

If men desire a people to degenerate speedily, to corrupt their minds and bodies, & to lure in thieves and spoilers from abroad, let them seek a rich soil that yields much with little labour. But if they desire that piety & godliness should prosper, accompanied by sobriety, justice, & love, let them choose a country such as this, like France or England, which yields sufficiency only through hard labour and industry.