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And the only objection is, that if there were light and air let in, it would no longer be a dungeon.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “And the only objection is, that if there were light and air let in, it would no longer be a dungeon.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher suggests that allowing light and air into a dungeon would transform its oppressive nature.
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