I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works. . . I mean real good works. . … - Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works. . . I mean real good works. . . not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing. . . or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

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