Excerpt from Reasons for Withdrawing From Society With the People Called Quakers: With Additional Observations on Sundry Important Subjects; To Which Is Added a Friendly Expostulation, and Serious Considerations on Revelation, the Scriptures, War, Morality and SuperstitionTo search for truth, and publicly to acknowledge it in word and deed, in the worstof times, I account an essential duty - to iobtain a, superficial praise, by sacri ficing Clear convictions to public opinions, I hold not in estimation. Hlay'truthsbe established. It, and to no other authority, I wlsh to bow.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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