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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05508.139 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1890s |
| Title | Quotation from the History of Priestcraft |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Author | Howitt, William (1792-1879) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Howitt quotes the "History of Priestcraft," 3rd ed. p. 364: "I have found every system of political religion so hostile to the growth of true knowledge, so destructive of popular freedom and happiness, that I have been constrained to cry vehemently and unceasingly against it." |
| Subjects | Religion Government and Civics Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Howitt, William (1792-1879) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |