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God grant that not only the Love of Liberty but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man may pervade all the Nations of the Earth so that a Philosopher may set his Foot any where on its Surface and say, this is my Country.

Source:Letter to David Hartley (December 4, 1789)
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  • Born: January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
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