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And to apply the same presumption to all, on the ground of age alone, is not only gross injustice, but gross folly.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And to apply the same presumption to all, on the ground of age alone, is not only gross injustice, but gross folly.”
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Spooner argues that applying the same legal presumptions based solely on age is both unjust and foolish.
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