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Lysander Spooner: The objections made to natural law, on the ground of obscurity, are wholly unfounded.

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The objections made to natural law, on the ground of obscurity, are wholly unfounded.
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Lysander Spooner

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He dismisses objections to natural law based on claims of obscurity as unfounded.

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