The method of authority will always govern the mass of mankind; and those who wield the various forms … - Charles Sanders Peirce

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It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.

Charles Sanders Peirce

The method of authority will always govern the mass of mankind; and those who wield the various forms of organized force in the state will never be convinced that dangerous reasoning ought not to be suppressed in some way.

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