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People commonly speak of Ten Commandments. I have been taught that there are twelve. The first was, Increase and multiply and replenish the Earth. The twelfth is, A new Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. It seems to me that they are a little misplac'd, and that the last should have been the first. However, I never made any Difficulty about that, but was always willing to obey them both whenever I had an Opportunity. Pray tell me, my dear Casuist, whether my keeping religiously these two Commandments, may not be accepted in Compensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM BEN'S LETTERS | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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