| The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists. |
| Deists reconciled science and religion by rejecting prophecies, miracles and Biblical theology. |
| By the middle of the eighteenth century, though, these long-held beliefs were beginning to be called into question, and the European deists were the primary inquisitors. |
| At any rate, he does not rise above the religion of the Deists, of whom there are considerable numbers everywhere, and especially in France. |
