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Proper Quotes by William Godwin
- The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force,…
- The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.
- Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.
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