And yet this government now rests wholly upon the assumption that some ten millions of male adults--men supposed to be compos mentis--have not only attempted to do, but have actually succeeded in doing, these absurd and impossible things.
This quote reflects Spooner's disbelief in the assumption that millions of men could surrender their rights and still be rational.
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