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George F. Hoar: “People of free countries will not tolerate a fiction which teaches that in the end evil is triumphant and virtue is…”

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People of free countries will not tolerate a fiction which teaches that in the end evil is triumphant and virtue is wretched.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar argues that people in free societies reject narratives that suggest evil ultimately prevails.

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