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In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without it," but by asserting that without religion morals are the effects of causes as purely physical as pleasant breezes and fruitful seasons.

⇛ Benjamin Rush (In 1797, By Appointment Of President Adams, Rush Was Made Treasurer Of The U.s. Mint, A Post He Held)
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