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The beginning is always
a little difficult.

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Yes, sir.
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Jot down this title:
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The Relation of Literature to
Legislation in 18th-Century England.

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Yes, sir.
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The effects...
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There's no need to say "Yes, sir."
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No, sir.
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The effects of literature
upon legislation...

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...is a study that has long claimed
the interests of scientists...

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...social scientists...
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...in every country in the world.
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The law is the sum of the experience
of civilized man...

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...the sign that man
has emerged from the jungle.

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Period.
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The 18th century was the high point
of man's intellectual development.

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Reason, simple and pure...
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...was the weight against which
human problems were held in balance.

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Law became, for the first time...
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...the instrument of pure logic...
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...with each man's rights
and responsibilities...

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...considered from the viewpoint
of the possible and reasonable...

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...rather than the...
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Bless you.
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Thank you.
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Pay close attention.
Did you get that?

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"...from the viewpoint of the possible
and reasonable rather than..."

:35:58
- rather than the feudal conventions
of divine and everlasting rights.


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