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Letter signed by Tommaseo in small 8°, 150 x 97 mm. addressed to Prof. Giovanni Sauro of Verona.
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BEAUTIFUL LETTER ON THE RESPECT FOR FAITH IN THE WORKS OF TOMMASEO.
"Dear Prof. Sauro, I am happy that Professor Bianchi does not find in my poor book things contrary to the faith that I hold, if there were any they would come from ignorance, from ill will, certainly not. After all, I don't hold my name or my things so important that the Congregation of the Index believes that it was banned out of hatred for the author is the Pope; nor is the Pope the Church (...)"
"Dear Prof. Sauro, I am happy that Professor Bianchi does not find in my poor book things contrary to the faith that I hold, if there were any they would come from ignorance, from ill will, certainly not. After all, I don't hold my name or my things so important that the Congregation of the Index believes that it was banned out of hatred for the author is the Pope; nor is the Pope the Church (...)"
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