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That this liberty is often carried to excess, that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented; but the remedy has not been discovered.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “That this liberty is often carried to excess, that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and…”
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Beveridge acknowledges the potential dangers of press freedom while lamenting the lack of a remedy for its excesses.
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