 | 1916 - 804 страници
...York City WASHINGTON, DC South Bend, Ind. THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of Independence I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Writing! of Thomat Jefferson, Ford Edition, Vol. VII, page 460. I am for freedom of the press, and... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1918 - 346 страници
...the inspiring compulsion of a single great aim — human freedom. Freedom was the text of his life: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Freedom was the burden of his labors: "I endeavor to keep attention fixed on the main object of all... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1918 - 362 страници
...the love, the gratitude, the veneration of your countrymen." L CHAPTER X JEFFERSON IN RETIREMENT 7 have, sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. (Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.) SEVENTEEN years of life were left to Thomas Jefferson... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1918 - 368 страници
...gratitude, the veneration of your countrymen." CHAPTER X JEFFERSON IN RETIREMENT I have sworn upon the attar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. (Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.) SEVENTEEN years of life were left to Thomas Jefferson... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Board of Education - 1944 - 824 страници
...if it is enslaved to what is bad. It is free if it is enslaved to what is good," and Jefferson's "/ have sworn u,pon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." One may overlook how much closer Mr. Hutchins's despair is to "Fully aware of the decline of cultures... | |
 | Religious Liberty Association (Washington, D.C.) - 1920 - 144 страници
...donations, paid the bill, and secured the release of the property. THE CATACOMBS UNDER THE HILLS NEAR ROME I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson. " Wherever they [the early Christians] sought refuge, the followers of Christ... | |
 | 1928 - 918 страници
...and will of everybody into a perfect smoothness. We need to say with Thomas Jefferson, " I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." We come, then to an inevitable conclusion: in the realm of ideas standardization means death. Society... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1923 - 232 страници
...democracy forever secure. It was in fulfillment of an oath taken many years before : "I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man !" His eager work continued until the very end. He rode his fiery horse until he was so feeble that... | |
 | Thomas Dixon - 1924 - 362 страници
...proposal is made to establish a State Church. "Jefferson is first to speak his impetuous message : " 'I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man — ' "Madison, who presides, is slower and more careful but none the less forceful in his opposition... | |
 | 1928 - 772 страници
..."nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of their own minds." We need to say with Thomas Jefferson: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every, form of tyranny over the mind of man." We need to breed a scepticism of intellectual authority, a distaste for unruffled unanimities, a toleration... | |
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 
