Note 134 — Chapter XVI · BRITISH FREETHOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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Even before his death he was suspected of that view. When his coffin was being carried from his house for interment, one of “the refuse of the rabble” is said to have remarked, “Ah, he was an atheist.” “No matter,” replied another, “he was an honest man” (Curious Particulars, etc., respecting Chesterfield and Hume, 1788, p. 15). ↑