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Let Us Show The World That A Difference Of Opinion Upon Medical Subjects Is Not Incompatible With Medical Friendships; And In So Doing, Let Us Throw The Whole Odium Of The Hostility Of Physicians To Each Other Upon Their Competition For Business And Money.

Such Is My Veneration For Every Religion That Reveals The Attributes Of The Deity, Or A Future State Of Rewards And Punishments, That I Had Rather See The Opinions Of Confucius Or Mahomed Inculcated Upon Our Youth Than See Them Grow Up Wholly Devoid Of A System Of Religious Principles.

I Shall Be Better Satisfied If The Same Can Be Said Of Me As Was Said Of The Prophet Of Old, "that I Walked In The Fear Of The Lord, And Begat Sons And Daughters" [genesis 5:22], Than If It Were Inscribed On My Tombstone That I Governed The Councils Or Commanded The Arms Of The Whole Continent Of America.

I Anticipate The Day When To Command Respect In The Remotest Regions It Will Be Sufficient To Say I Am An American.

Upon My Return From The Army To Baltimore In The Winter Of 1777, I Sat Next To John Adams In Congress, And Upon My Whispering To Him And Asking Him If He Thought We Should Succeed In Our Struggle With Great Britain, He Answered Me, "yes-if We Fear God And Repent Of Our Sins."