That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages among some [people] and to their eternal Infamy the clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such business.
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James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. Madison to William Bradford, January 24, 1794. W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 1, p. 106, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991).
