Pol. Just., Book VII, chap. i, sqq

47. Pol. Just., Book V, chap. xxiv (2° éd., vol. II, p. 205).

48. Pol. Just., Book VII, chap. v (2« éd., vol. II, pp. 362 sqq.). — Book V11I, chap. i (2c éd., vol. II, p. 413).

49. V. Moncure Daniel Conway, Life of Paine, vol. I, p. 369 : extraits de la « letter to the addressers ». It is a dangerous attempt in any government lo say to a Nation, Thou shalt not read. — Thought, by sorae means or other, is got abroad in the wjrld, and cannot be restrained, though reading may. — Et Pol. Just., Book IV, chap. h, sect. III : Thèse are the expédients of men who do not know that truth is omnipotent. It may appear to die for a time, but it will not fail to revive with fresh vigour. If it hâve ever failed to produce graduai conviction, it is because it has been told in a meagre, an obscure or a pusillanimous manner. Ten pages that should contain an absolute démonstration of the true interests of uiankind in society could no otherwise be prevented from changing the face of the globe, than by the 1 itérai destruction of the paper on which they were written.