London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 23C. Ackers, 1754 - English essays |
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Page 216 - I think there is. Every one has an undoubted right to think freely — nay, it is the duty of every one to do so as far as he has the necessary means and opportunities. This duty, too, is in no case so incumbent on him as in those that regard what I call the first philosophy. They who have neither means nor opportunities of this sort must submit their opinions to authority; and to what authority can they resign...
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