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Date: February 1792
"Whatever wisdom constituently is, it is like a seedless plant; it may be reared when it appears, but it cannot be voluntarily produced."
preview | full record— Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)
Date: 1793
"It is of great importance that this idea should be extirpated."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)