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Josiah Quincy: “Can you wonder that they shrink from the light of free discussion--that they skulk from the grasp of freedom and of…”

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Can you wonder that they shrink from the light of free discussion--that they skulk from the grasp of freedom and of truth?
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Josiah Quincy
Federalist · Massachusetts

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Quincy questions the reluctance of some to engage in open dialogue about freedom and truth.

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