By Andrew Dobson
ISBN-10: 0415124433
ISBN-13: 9780415124430
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The Writings of George Washington, 12 vols. (Boston, 1837), 12, Appendix, “Religious Opinions and Habits of Washington,” 399–411. “If a man who spoke, wrote, and acted as a Christian through a long life . . and who was never known to say, write, or do anything contrary to his professions . . ” See also Washington Irving, Life of George Washington, 8 vols. (New York: G. P. Putnam, 1857), 1: 162, 397; 2: 362–363; 8: 123. Many later biographers agreed that Washington should be considered a Christian.
Jefferson’s Presidential Rhetoric He would have his revenge on Chase and the New England clergy, but during his years in office he would also do everything possible to prove his critics wrong. Lacing his speeches and public writings with religious rhetoric, the new president strove to conciliate a nation seriously divided by the election. He sought common ground. His inaugural address made religious pluralism in the United States the paradigm for political pluralism. Just as Americans had “banished .
Walters, The American Deists (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1992), 26–33, 41; E. , Deism: An Anthology (Princeton, NJ: D. , 1968), 11, 42, 167–168, 176; and Kerry S. Walters, Elihu Palmer’s “Principles of Nature” (Wolfeboro, NH: Longwood Academic, 1990), 35, 114–115, 231–232. 128. Boller, George Washington and Religion, 89–91. As noted above, however, Washington undoubtedly publicly affirmed these cardinal Christian tenets by reciting the Apostles’ and Nicene creeds in Anglican/Episcopal church services.
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