I will never do this, says one, yet does it: I am resolved to do this, says another; but flags upon second Thoughts: Or does it, tho awkwardly, for his Words sake: As if it were worse to break his Word, than to do amiss in keeping it.
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William Penn was a 17th-century English writer and religious thinker. William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape native peoples who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European colonisation there. Read more on Wikipedia →