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The wish of knaves is that stupidity may gain ground,
and that dupes may multiply. No England any more
than Portugal is not wanting in men who as far as wishes
can make them are these oppressors. But against
the press what in London is their power? Not an Englishman,
who entrenched behind the rampart of the —
Laws may not set at nought their malice, & makes his
mock at ignorance & folly & superstition. Liberty is
the Britons birthright — let thim profit of that liberty
to give light unto the world. Let him lift up his head:

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PREFAT. Diet: "of Moral Terms Helvetius. IV and the tame beast of burthen profit from it, to shed —
light among the nations. A benefaction like this ensures secures
to you their everlasting gratitude.

Go, compare this Dictionary, for to you only, it is given, and by —
[consigning to it] fixing on in it the precise import of every term in the
languages of Morality Politic Divinity and Metaphysics, dissipate
at once that cloud of mystery in which those Sciences are
still remain as yet involved.

What applause too great for a nation that has virtue enough
to suffer its writers to execute a task like this with freedom





Identifier: | JB/027/004/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 27.

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027

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comment on the commentaries

Folio number

004

Info in main headings field

prefat. dict. of moral terms helvetius iv

Image

002

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Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]

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Notes public

ID Number

9094

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