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Henry has this to say about the Bible:
Henry has this to say about the Bible:
<blockquote>...is a book worth more than all of the other books that were every printed.<ref>Original Intent (2004), David Barton, page 168</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>...is a book worth more than all of the other books that were every printed.<ref>Original Intent (2004), David Barton, page 168</ref></blockquote>
==Early Life==
Patrick Henry was born on May 29, 1736 on the tobacco plantation of Mount Brilliant, along the South Anna River in Virginia. He was the second son of Colonel John Henry, who had immigrated to the colony from Aberdeenshire, [[Scotland]], and Sarah Winston Syme Henry, originally from Studley in Hanover County, Virginia. Not a great deal is known of John Henry, though he was, in spite of his foreign birth, a respected figure among the gentry of the Virginia Piedmont; in addition to being commander of the local militia, he served periodically as surveyor, vestryman of the local Anglican parish (of which his brother, also named Patrick, was rector), and Justice of the County Court. His mother, meanwhile, was of an established upper-class family and thus gave her children connections to the colonial elite.
Growing up at Mount Brilliant, young Patrick was fairly outgoing, learning how to dance and play the fiddle at an early age; and he was said to have taken part in many casual conversations and arguments among his peers over matters of politics and business. At the same time, he received a vigorous, if informal, education in Latin and the classics from his father. Two other figures of importance in Henry's youth were his uncle, the Reverend Patrick Henry, Sr., and his mother's favorite minister, Reverend Samuel Davies, a notable Presbyterian leader who would later become the president of Princeton University in [[New Jersey]]. From them he received not only moral tutelage but lessons in rhetoric and oratory, which would be a major influence on his political career.
[[Image:Bland jones.jpg|200px|thumb|A depiction Henry speaking in the Virginia House of Burgesses.]]
[[Image:Bland jones.jpg|200px|thumb|A depiction Henry speaking in the Virginia House of Burgesses.]]
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==