“They held it their duty to live but for their country.”
Other William Godwin Quotes
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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There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.
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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