"God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide."

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"God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide."

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"A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere."

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