If, therefore, from the settlement of the Saxons, to the introduction of Christianity among them, that system of religion could not be a part of the common law, because they were not yet Christians; and if, having their laws from that period to the close of the common law, we are able to find among them no such act of adoption; we may safely affirm {though contradicted by all the judges and writers on earth} that .
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( Thomas Jefferson )
[ Letters of Thomas Jefferson ]
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