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[ The fpllowingXetters were addressed by a learned Unitarian , in Amery&yto Dr . Morse , of the same coiwtry . —The English language is not the nativelij ^ ic of the writer , which will account £ or some peculiarities in the constructic ^ a of his sentences , and for his use of words and idioms which on this side of the Atlantic , at least , will be esteemed illegitimate and uncouth . —The candid spirit which pervades the " Sketch , " will , we trust , no less than the inforniatidn which it contains , be a recommendation of it to the Reader . Edit . ]
Dec . 1 , 1807 . Dear and respected Sir Sennebier ' s account of the Fate of Michael ServeCus a , t Genevg ., has been always considered by me
as erroneous in many essential parts ; so that , whatever claim he may have as a faithful and impartial historian , in other regards , he does not deserve , in my opinion , any credit in this point .
Though vou are Dreoossessed fnar ( - 1 hough you are prepossessed pardon the expression ) in his favour , your candour will not allow you to give a final judgment ,, before you have weighed the arguments
b y which I shall try to impeach his veracity . As your kindness / avoured me in ygur acceptance of my sketch of Calvin ' s life , I . shall avoid to enter deeper into the discussion of
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particular facts , than is necessary to explain the part which that great reformer took in the sufferings of Servetus . J undertake this task with more ardour , Sir , as you imposed it upon me ; and I flatter myself to
have it m my power to produce evidences and facts , with which , you could not be so well acquainted ;—facts and evidences , Sir , which , if known to Scnnebicr , he has artfully glossed over , or industriously passed by .
It would , indeed , rather be a matter of surprise , if literary men , here in America , even of the first class , were thoroughly acquainted , I do not say with any principal historical fact of Europe ' s continent , but with every material discussion upon such points by
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY ofr Theology and Qeneral Literature .
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No . LI . MARCH . [ Vol . V .
History, Biography, &C.
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SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SERVETUS , IN LETTERS TO THE REV . JEDEDUH MOUSE , & . D , — LETTER I .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/1/
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