“Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.”
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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
William Godwin 
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Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
William Godwin
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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
William Godwin
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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.
William Godwin
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