Excerpt from Rhymed Plea for Tolerance: In Two Dialogues; With a Prefatory Dialogue These verses - the author does not venture to call them poetry - will probably be referred to the class of satire. They contain, however, no names of living persons, (none at least for sneer or blame, ) and no intended personal allusions whatsoever. They, who in satiric verses insist on such matter, will disapprove them accordingly. In proportion to his ability, the Author has been anxious to inculcate principles, and more especially that one of a full religious tolerance. And by this word he would not imply any mere toleration, either legal or practical; the one, too often cold, spiritless, a dead letter; the other, given or withheld at every private will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.