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> [We find upon all occasions, the early Christian writers speak of the Father as superior to the Son, and in general they give him the title of God , as distinguished from the Son; and sometimes they expressly call him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/we-find-upon-all-occasions-the-early-christian-writers-speak-of-the/)

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## More by Joseph Priestley

> [ \[The doctrine of air\] I was led into in consequence of inhabiting a house adjoining to a public brewery, where I at first amused… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/the-doctrine-of-air-i-was-led-into-in-consequence-of-inhabiting-a/)

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> [In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/in-completing-one-discovery-we-never-fail-to-get-an-imperfect/)

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> [“But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann. \[G. W. Richmann died…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/but-it-is-not-given-to-every-electrician-to-die-in-so-glorious-a/)

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> [The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined. But, notwithstanding this, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/the-greater-is-the-circle-of-light-the-greater-is-the-boundary-of-the/)

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> [It is known to all persons who are conversant in experimental philosophy, that there are many little attentions and precautions necessary to be observed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/it-is-known-to-all-persons-who-are-conversant-in-experimental/)

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> [It is hardly possible not to suspect the truth of this doctrine of atonement, when we consider that the general maxims to which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/it-is-hardly-possible-not-to-suspect-the-truth-of-this-doctrine-of/)

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> [What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/what-i-have-known-with-respect-to-myself-has-tended-much-to-lessen/)

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> [We find upon all occasions, the early Christian writers speak of the Father as superior to the Son, and in general they give him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/we-find-upon-all-occasions-the-early-christian-writers-speak-of-the/)

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> [Too many christians have been chargeable with... confounding the Logos of Plato with that of John , and making of it a second person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/too-many-christians-have-been-chargeable-with-confounding-the-logos/)

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> [Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/could-we-have-entered-into-the-mind-of-sir-isaac-newton-and-have/)

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> [The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/the-feeling-of-it-to-my-lungs-was-not-sensibly-different-from-that-of/)

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> [The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/the-more-elaborate-our-means-of-our-common-sense-is-the-less-the/)

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> [Had Mr. Gibbon lived in France, Spain, or Italy, he might with the fame reason have ranked the doctrine of transubstantiation, and the worship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/had-mr-gibbon-lived-in-france-spain-or-italy-he-might-with-the-fame/)

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> [The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/the-wisdom-of-one-generation-will-be-folly-in-the-next/)

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> [It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the Jews has done to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/it-pleased-god-to-make-one-nation-the-medium-of-all-his/)

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