The religious doctrines he taught were not new. The liberty he proclaimed was the birthright of the Saxon and the heritage of every branch of the race. The religious toleration he promised as part of his frame of government was the strongest inducement he could offer to attract immigration in the then religious condition of Germanyand other parts of Europe. The Dutch and Swedes who preceded him on the Delaware had anticipated his policy of pacification with theIndians. Much of the luster that surrounds this policy in the eyes of aftergenerations is the reflected splendor of the great Conrad Weisers labors and wisdom in the same direction.
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