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"Perhaps, by writing to reconcile such as entertain very opposite
sentiments, I shall," says Grotius, "offend both parties: but, if
that should so happen, I shall comfort myself with the example of
him, who said, If I please men, I am not the servant of Christ."
[Sidenote: XII. 3. His Project of Religious Pacification.]
"Grotius," says Burigni, "content with gratifying his pacific
desires, expected his reward from posterity. This he clearly
intimates in the following verses, written by him on the subject:
"_Accipe, sed placide, quae, si non optimo, certe
Espressit nobis non mala pacis amor.
Et tibi dic, nostro labor hic si displicet avo,
A gratia pretium posteritate feret_."
The projects of religious pacification did not cease with Grotius:
several divines of distinction adopted it; and attempted, some with more
prudence and ability than others, to carry it into effect. The principal
of these are noticed in the second appendix to the present work.
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