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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Elias Hicks
Born: March 19, 1748
Died: February 27, 1830 (aged 81)
Bio: Elias Hicks was a traveling Quaker preacher from Long Island, New York. In his ministry he promoted doctrines that embroiled him and his followers in a controversy which caused the first major schism within the Religious Society of Friends.
Known for:
- Dear Friend: Letters & Essays of Elias Hicks
- The Journal of Elias Hicks
- JOURNAL OF THE LIFE & RELIGIOU
- Letters of Elias Hicks