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>Hello, how do you do? > >I am Japanese student studing American History. > >My question is where the Jefferson's famous word [ We have sworn the >alter of God eternal hostility against the every form of tyranny over >the mind of man.] is written in his writings? > >Please let me know the title of his writing which has that word as soon >as possible. This is from his letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800. "The clergy...believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion." --Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 1800. ME 10:175 Best wishes, Eyler Coates