This mistaken idea was, in some measure, excusable in that day, when reason and experience had not demonstrated, to their minds, the utter incompatibility of all lawmaking whatsoever with men's natural rights.
Spooner argues that past misconceptions about lawmaking's compatibility with natural rights were understandable but flawed.
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