These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious.
-- Ethan A. Hitchcock
   
Ethan A. Hitchcock   Name:
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Type:
Soldier
Nationality:
American
Birth:
May 18, 1798
Death:
August 5, 1870
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