 I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind.  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 221by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
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