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"Jacobin Sympathies"
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"Godwin, William (1756-1836)"
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Date: 1793
In a just society "understanding would convert into a real power, no longer an ignis fatuus, shining and expiring by turns, and leading us into sloughs of sophistry, false science and specious mistake"
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Date: 1793
"Mind will frequently burst forth, but its appearance will be like the corruscations of the meteor, not like the mild illumination of the sun"
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Date: 1793
"Their result will be thick darkness of the mind, timidity, servility, hypocrisy."
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