What honest, unsophisticated man ever found himself involved in a lawsuit, that he did not desire, of all things, that his cause might be judged of on principles of natural justice, as those principles were understood by plain men like himself?
Spooner emphasizes the desire for justice based on natural principles among ordinary people involved in legal disputes.
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