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What, Sir! a tax on books a tax on knowledge?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “What, Sir! a tax on books a tax on knowledge?”
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Sumner expresses outrage at the concept of taxing books, equating it to a tax on knowledge itself.
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