Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 585
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
"RELIGION OF GOD OR RELIGION OF TRUTH ARE SYNONYMOUS FOR ME" GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI. Letter Signed, "G. Garibaldi," to "My dear friend," in French, suggesting that the notion of religion and morality without priests advanced in his proposed work could be beneficial for human progress. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet, pale blue paper; marked staining at extreme edges touching text, folds. Caprera, 18 February 1868
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"Religion of God or Religion of truth are synonymous for me; we are therefore in agreement--and in the beautiful title Religion and morality without priests which you propose to give your work, it is again the same--and the second part especially, without Priests, is the most interesting for human progress. . . .

"Remove the Priest and science will easily be able to bring nations together without the auspices of the incomprehensible myth that we . . . are incapable of knowing and defining God the Eternal, the infinite, . . . the soul of the infinite universe . . . .

"Note well, that I do not teach God--I leave that impudence to the Priest . . . ."