There is ever something to learn, either of manners or principle; and it is by a free communication, without regard to domestic matters, that friendship is to be extended, and prejudice destroyed all over the world.
Paine advocates for the exchange of ideas and cultures to foster friendship and eliminate prejudice globally.
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I know the value of moral instruction, and I have seen the danger of the contrary.
Burke's Book is easily accounted for.--When a man in a wrong cause attempts to steer his course by anything else than some polar truth or principle, he is sure to be lost.
Whether robbery shall be banished from courts, and wretchedness from countries?