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All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man, or the unity of man, as being all of one degree. Whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.

All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man, or the unity of man, as being all of one degree. Whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.

Approximate author period: c. 1773 AD · early modern

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Thomas Paine
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Approximate author period: c. 1773 AD · early modern
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Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)

Page 75 · printed citation: Thomas Paine · subject: Equality

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