The Puritans, who nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of…

The Puritans, who nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoying his.

Charles Farrar Browne

1866

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Browne, Charles Farrar. "Introduction to the Club." London Punch Letters. c. 1866, no. 5.

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