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Which Quotes by William Godwin
- Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows…
- The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.
- There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.
- One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of…
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