They are condemned by the traditions, and by the moral obligations, of the Court of Rome, whose system is one of charity and of liberty, and which knows no public consideration which is superior to the salvation of souls.

The Roman Question. The Rambler (Jan, 1860) Vol. II, New Series, Part V, pp. 146-147. † Footnote: Nearly the earliest and clearest exponent of this doctrine is Spinoza, who says... "It is utterly inconceivable that each subject should be allowed by the constitution of the state to live according to his own choice."