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But a tax on books is in direct conflict with this beautiful principle.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He critiques the idea of taxing books as fundamentally opposed to the principle of free education.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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