Quote#Wisdom
[Unitarianism is] a feather-bed to catch a falling Christian
Quote byErasmus Darwin · 1731–1802
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted by Charles Darwin in a letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 11 May 1859.
English (original)
[Unitarianism is] a feather-bed to catch a falling Christian.
— Erasmus Darwin
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