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✵ 20. April 1745 – 1840
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Famous Nathaniel Emmons Quotes

“Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 481.

“The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 532.

“There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 348.

“Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 484.

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