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Henry Ward Beecher: And the only objection is, that if there were light and air let in, it would no longer be a dungeon.

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And the only objection is, that if there were light and air let in, it would no longer be a dungeon.
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Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher suggests that allowing light and air into a dungeon would transform its oppressive nature.

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