Date: March 30, 1716
"As it is a laudable freedom of thought which unshackles their minds from the poor and narrow prejudices of education, and opens their eyes to a more extensive view of the publick good; the same freedom of thought disposes several of them to the embracing of particular schemes and maxims, and to ...
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Date: March 30, 1716
"It often happens, that extirpating the love of glory, which is observed to take the deepest root in noble minds, tears up several virtues with it"
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