"They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have……" — Joseph Howe
"They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other."
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Joseph Howe
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8 Quotes by Joseph Howe
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