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The talisman of human rights dissolved the spell of political as well as of ecclesiastical power.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The talisman of human rights dissolved the spell of political as well as of ecclesiastical power.”
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Quincy asserts that the concept of human rights has the power to dismantle both political and ecclesiastical authority.
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Union!' be this the watchword of your camp; and if Ate, hot from hell, will come and cry 'Havoc!' fight--fight and conquer, under the banner of universal freedom.
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