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The History of Electricity is a field full of pleasing objects, according to all the genuine and universal principles of taste, deduced from a knowledge of human nature.

— Joseph Priestley The History and Present State of Electricity (1767)

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The unity of God is a doctrine on which the greatest stress is laid in the whole system of revelation.

An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)

As the greatest things often take their rise from the smallest beginnings, so the worst things sometimes proceed from good intentions.

An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)

The mind of man will never be able to contemplate the being, perfections, and providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficulties.

Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772)

Governors will never be awed by the voice of the people, so long as it is a mere voice, without overt-acts.

Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition (1771)

Most of the early Christian writers thought the text "I and my Father are one," was to be understood of an unity or harmony of disposition only.

An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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