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Human life is governed by all manner of man-made laws--laws of art, of social intercourse, of literature, music, business--all evolved by custom and imposed by the collective will of society.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck asserts that human life is governed by various man-made laws.

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