...whole energies to the amendment of these conditions. In some of his private correspondence he said : "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The situation in Virginia before the time of Jefferson is thus described by Moses Coit Tyler: The units...

...until 1834 that the divorce between church and state was complete and universal in this country. " I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," said Jefferson. " I have ever thought religion a concern purely between our maker and our conscience,...

...whole energies to the amendment of these conditions. In some of his private correspondence he said: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The situation in Virginia before the time of Jefferson is thus described by Moses Coit Tyler: The units...

...believe that any portion of power confided to me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. Ana they believe rightly ; for I have sworn upon the altar...God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny »ver the mind of man." He avoided, on principle, that line of conduct, so familiar to pubhc men of...

...He also declared that he should oppose the establishment of any nationalchurch, for he had "sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." His open hatred of slavery did not deprive him of a single electoral vote in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,...

...of these conditions. In some of Ins private correspondence he said : "I have sworn upon the altar 01 God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the. mind of man." The situation in Virginia before the time of Jefferson is thus described by Moses Coit Tyler: The unltt...

...anything that savored in the slightest of any form of tyranny or compulsion. He said, " I have sworn, on the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Full seventy-five years before the great conflict that finally cut the Gordian knot of slavery, Jefferson...

...enough to have carved on his tomb-stone. His devotion to public education was a child of his oath of "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Many extracts from his public papers and private letters would illustrate this truth. Three will suffice....

...speak, to do. His life was largely given to unfettering the mind of man. " I have sworn," he wrote, " upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The statute for religious liberty, drawn by him and enacted by the Virginia Assembly, was the first...

...anything that savored in the slightest of any form of tyranny or compulsion. He said, "I have sworn, on the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Full seventy-five years before the great conflict that finally cut the Gordian knot of slavery, Jefferson...