.....And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
..........— John Milton (1608-1674), English poet. Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (London: Cambridge University Press, 1907), page 45.
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