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Letter to Joseph Huey (6 Jun 1753) - Franklin, Benjamin | WIST Quotations
The worship of God is a Duty; the hearing and reading of Sermons may be useful; but, if Men rest in Hearing and Praying, as too many do, it is as if a Tree should Value itself on being water'd and putting forth Leaves, tho' it never produc'd any Fruit.