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1 John Thomson, An Enquiry, concerning the Liberty, and Licentiousness of the Press, and the Uncontroulable Nature of the Human Mind i (1801)

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CONCERNING THE LIBERTY,
AND
LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE PRESS,
AND
THE UNCONTROULABLE NATURE
OF THE
HUMAN MIND:
CONTAINING
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RIGHT WHICH GOVERN-
MENT HAVE TO CONTROUL THE FREE EXPRES-
SION OF PUBLIC OPINION,
ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF TH-E U. STATES.
By JOHN THOMSON.
'a I will sooner Part with Life itself, than with that Libery, without4
which, Life is not worth the having;-I evill sooner sufer
my  eyes to be put out, than  my  understanding  to be extin-
guished.
MILTON'S Speech on the unlicenced Liberty of the PRESS.
NEW-YORK:
Printed by JOHNSON K STRYKER, X0. 29
Gold-Street, for the AUTHOR.
1801.
(Copy.RIGIT SECURED.)

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