A history of the American nation . ntry. . English ships, near eightycome out of England and Ireland every year for tobacco; few New ICnglandketches; but of our own we never yet had more than two at one lime, andthose not more than twenty tons burthen. . We have fforty-cight par-ishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be betterif they would pray oflener and preach less. But of all other commodities, soof this the worst are sent us. . But, I thank God, there are no freeschools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. 40 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NA
A history of the American nation . ntry. . English ships, near eightycome out of England and Ireland every year for tobacco; few New ICnglandketches; but of our own we never yet had more than two at one lime, andthose not more than twenty tons burthen. . We have fforty-cight par-ishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be betterif they would pray oflener and preach less. But of all other commodities, soof this the worst are sent us. . But, I thank God, there are no freeschools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. 40 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION tolerance is foolish and wrong. But this broad and tolerantspirit has been of slow growth. In the seventeenth century,when America was settled, the great mass of men did not believein toleration. Even in England, which was in some respects,perhaps, more advanced than were most of the countries ofcontinental Europe, there were severe laws providing for thepunishment of those that did not accept the faith of the Es-. ] iltiiii6i( kIx <???:^y
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