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"As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes; and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity."
![]() By: | ![]() Benjamin Franklin (more quotes by Benjamin Franklin or books by/about Benjamin Franklin) |
![]() | ![]() (1706-1790) US Founding Father |
![]() Source: | ![]() letter to President of Yale, Ezra Stiles, March 9, 1790, in response to Stiles request for his opinion of Jesus of Nazareth http://www.beliefnet.com/resourcelib/docs/44/Letter_from_Benjamin_Franklin_to_Ezra_Stiles_1.html |
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