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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.
-Benjamin Franklin
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I Wish It (christianity) Were More Productive

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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