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		<title>Stevenson, Adlai -- Speech (1955-10-29), &#8220;The Crisis in Agriculture,&#8221; Democratic Rally, Duluth, Minnesota</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behind the politics of big talk and little action lies the simple fact that most of the big men who run this show want little government.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Behind the politics of big talk and little action lies the simple fact that most of the big men who run this show want little government.</p>
<br><b>Adlai Stevenson</b> (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman<br>Speech (1955-10-29), &#8220;The Crisis in Agriculture,&#8221; Democratic Rally, Duluth, Minnesota 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/whatithink000stev/page/37/mode/2up?q=%22behind+the+politics+of%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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		<title>Russell, Bertrand -- Lecture (1949-01-09), &#8220;The Role of Individuality,&#8221; Reith Lecture, &#8220;Authority and the Individual&#8221; No. 3, BBC Radio</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos. As collected, with edits, in Authority and the Individual (1949).]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.</p>
<br><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br>Lecture (1949-01-09), &#8220;The Role of Individuality,&#8221; Reith Lecture, &#8220;Authority and the Individual&#8221; No. 3, BBC Radio 
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As <a href="https://archive.org/details/authority-and-the-individual-bertrand-russell/page/24/mode/2up?q=%22brings+stagnation%22">collected</a>, with edits, in <i>Authority and the Individual</i> (1949).
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		<title>Cervantes, Miguel de -- Don Quixote, Part 1, ch. 50 [Sancho] (1605) [tr. Cohen (1950)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d be as good a king of my estate as any other King; and being so, I should do as I liked; and doing as I liked, I should take my pleasure; and taking my pleasure, I should be contented; and when one’s content, there’s nothing more to desire; and when there’s nothing more to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d be as good a king of my estate as any other King; and being so, I should do as I liked; and doing as I liked, I should take my pleasure; and taking my pleasure, I should be contented; and when one’s content, there’s nothing more to desire; and when there’s nothing more to desire, there’s an end of it.</p>
<p><em>[Tan Rey seria yo de mi estado, como cada uno del suyo: y siendolo, haria lo que quisiesse: y haziendo lo que quisiesse, haria mi gusto: y haziendo mi gusto, estaria contento: y en estando uno contento, no tiene mas que dessear: y no teniendo mas qu essear, acabose.]</em></p>
<br><b>Miguel de Cervantes</b> (1547-1616) Spanish novelist<br><i>Don Quixote</i>, Part 1, ch. 50 [Sancho] (1605) [tr. Cohen</a> (1950)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149530/page/n433/mode/2up?q=%22I+should+do+as+I+liked%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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On being a king. <br><br>

(<a href="https://archive.org/details/elingeniosohi00cerv/page/n633/mode/2up?q=%22tan+Rey+feria%22">Source</a> (Spanish)). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>I should be as much king of my own dominion as any other king; and being so, I would do what I pleased; and, doing what I pleased, I should have my will; and, having my will, I should be contented; and, being content, there is no more to be desired: and when there is no more to desire, there's an end of it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresofdo00cerv/page/252/mode/2up?q=%22I+would+do+what+i+pleased%22">Motteux</a>* (1700-1703); Part 1, ch. 39]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The first thing I would do in my government, I would have nobody to control me, I would be absolute: and who but I: now, he that is absolute, can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes, can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure, can be content; and he that can be content, has no more desire; so the matter is over.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Don_Quixote/XlC62hGHWl8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22absolute%20can%20do%22">Motteux</a>*; Part 1, ch. 39]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I should be as much king of my own dominion, as any one of his: and being so, I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Don_Quixote_de_la_Mancha_Tr_by_C_Jarvis/JdoNAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22what%20i%20pleased%22">Jarvis</a> (1819), Part 1, Book 4, ch. 23]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I shall be as much king of my realm as any other of his; and being so I should do as I liked, and doing as I liked I should please myself, and pleasing myself I should be content, and when one is content he has nothing more to desire, and when one has nothing more to desire there is an end of it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Don_Quixote/Volume_1/Chapter_L#:~:text=I%20should%20do,to%20the%20other.">Ormsby</a> (1885); Vol. 1, ch. 50]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I shall be as much a king of my realm as any other of his; and being so I should do as I liked, and doing as I liked I should please myself, and pleasing myself I should be content, and when one is content he has nothing more to desire, and when one has nothing more to desire there is an end of it.<br>
[ed. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Don_Quixote_Knowledge_Management_Edition/784exgl_IrkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22should%20please%20myself%22">Pérezgonzález</a> (2006); Vol. 1, ch. 50]</blockquote><br>

* I am unclear on why the two Motteux translations are so different; both sources list  Pierre Antoine Motteux as the translator, and I can't find anything in the two texts 


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		<title>Roosevelt, Theodore -- Speech (1910-04-23), &#8220;Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],&#8221; Sorbonne, Paris</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The individualism which finds its expression in the abuse of physical force is checked very early in the growth of civilization, and we of to-day should in our turn strive to shackle or destroy that individualism which triumphs by greed and cunning, which exploits the weak by craft instead of ruling them by brutality.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The individualism which finds its expression in the abuse of physical force is checked very early in the growth of civilization, and we of to-day should in our turn strive to shackle or destroy that individualism which triumphs by greed and cunning, which exploits the weak by craft instead of ruling them by brutality.</p>
<br><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)<br>Speech (1910-04-23), &#8220;Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],&#8221; Sorbonne, Paris 
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		<title>Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- In Verrem [Against Verres; Verrine Orations], Action 2, Book 3, ch. 76 / sec. 176 (2.3.76.176) (70 BC) [tr. Greenwood (1928)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What pleasures habitual wrongdoing provides for men without principle or sense of shame, when they have escaped punishment and found themselves given a free hand! [O consuetudo peccandi, quantam habes iucunditatem improbis et audacibus, cum poena afuit et licentia consecuta est!] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: O you habit of sinning, what delight you afford to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What pleasures habitual wrongdoing provides for men without principle or sense of shame, when they have escaped punishment and found themselves given a free hand!</p>
<p><em>[O consuetudo peccandi, quantam habes iucunditatem improbis et audacibus, cum poena afuit et licentia consecuta est!]</em></p>
<br><b>Marcus Tullius Cicero</b> (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher<br><i>In Verrem [Against Verres; Verrine Orations]</i>, Action 2, Book 3, ch. 76 / sec. 176 (2.3.76.176) (70 BC) [tr. Greenwood (1928)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.attalus.org/cicero/verres23_4.html#:~:text=What%20pleasures%20habitual%20wrongdoing%20provides%20for%20men%20without%20principle%20or%20sense%20of%20shame%2C%20when%20they%20have%20escaped%20punishment%20and%20found%20themselves%20given%20a%20free%20hand!" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0012%3Atext%3DVer.%3Aactio%3D2%3Abook%3D3%3Asection%3D176">Source (Latin)</a>). Alternate translations: <br><br>

<blockquote>O you habit of sinning, what delight you afford to the wicked and the audacious, when chastisement is afar off, and when impunity attends you!<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Against_Verres/Second_pleading/Book_3#:~:text=O%20you%20habit%20of%20sinning%2C%20what%20delight%20you%20afford%20to%20the%20wicked%20and%20the%20audacious%2C%20when%20chastisement%20is%20afar%20off%2C%20and%20when%20impunity%20attends%20you!">Yonge</a> (1903)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Alas, the habit of evil-doing! what pleasure it affords to the depraved and the shameless, when punishment is in abeyance, and has been replaced by license.<br>
[<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dictionary_of_Quotations_classical/2rSZy0yVFm8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22consuetudo%20peccandi%22">Source</a> (1906)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Bierce, Ambrose -- &#8220;Bacchus,&#8221; The Cynic&#8217;s Word Book (1906)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Included in The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Dictionary&#8221; column in the San Francisco Wasp (1881-04-23).]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BACCHUS, <i>n.</i> A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.</p>
<br><b>Ambrose Bierce</b> (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist<br>&#8220;Bacchus,&#8221; <i>The Cynic&#8217;s Word Book</i> (1906) 
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<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary/B#:~:text=BACCHUS%2C%20n.%20A%20convenient%20deity%20invented%20by%20the%20ancients%20as%20an%20excuse%20for%20getting%20drunk.">Included</a> in <i>The Devil's Dictionary</i> (1911). <a href="https://archive.org/details/unabridgeddevils00bier/page/352/mode/2up?q=%22Bacchus+Bachelor+Back%22">Originally published</a> in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco <i>Wasp</i> (1881-04-23).						</span>
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		<title>~Proverbs and Sayings -- English proverb</title>
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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- Memorandum on Colonial Taxation</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done.</p>
<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br>Memorandum on Colonial Taxation 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Benjamin_Franklin_Papers/W_QQAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22right%20to%20do%20is%20not%20best%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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		<title>Acton, John Dalberg (Lord) -- &#8220;The Political System of the Popes,&#8221; The Rambler, n.s. 2 (1860-01)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.</p>
<br><b>John Dalberg, Lord Acton</b> (1834-1902) British historian, politician, writer<br>&#8220;The Political System of the Popes,&#8221; <i>The Rambler</i>, n.s. 2 (1860-01) 
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		<title>Hoffer, Eric -- True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, §  77  (1951)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is also this: when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is also this: when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom &#8212; freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement. </p>
<br><b>Eric Hoffer</b> (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman<br><i>True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements</i>, Part 3, ch. 14, §  77  (1951) 
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		<title>~Other -- Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker, School Culture Rewired, ch. 3 (2015)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate. Often misattributed as &#8220;Gruenter and Whitaker&#8221;.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate.</p>
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<br>(Other Authors and Sources)<br>Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker, <i>School Culture Rewired</i>, ch. 3 (2015) 
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		<title>Brooks, Thomas -- Precious Remedies Against Satan&#8217;s Devices (1652)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing in the world that renders a man more unlike to a saint, and more like to Satan &#8212; than to argue from God&#8217;s mercy to sinful liberty; from divine goodness to licentiousness.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is nothing in the world that renders a man more unlike to a saint, and more like to Satan &#8212; than to argue from God&#8217;s mercy to sinful liberty; from divine goodness to licentiousness.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Brooks</b> (1608-1680) English Puritan divine, writer<br><i>Precious Remedies Against Satan&#8217;s Devices</i> (1652) 
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		<title>Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of -- &#8220;Of Prerogative, Power and Liberty,&#8221; Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections (1750)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms.</p>
<br><b>George Savile, Marquis of Halifax</b> (1633-1695) English politician and essayist<br>&#8220;Of Prerogative, Power and Liberty,&#8221; <i>Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections</i> (1750) 
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		<title>Hand, Learned -- &#8220;The Spirit of Liberty,&#8221; speech, &#8220;I  Am an American Day,&#8221; New York (1941-05-21)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few; as we have learned to our sorrow.</p>
<br><b>Learned Hand</b> (1872-1961) American jurist<br>&#8220;The Spirit of Liberty,&#8221; speech, &#8220;I  Am an American Day,&#8221; New York (1941-05-21) 
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		<title>Raskin, Jef -- &#8220;If Books Were Sold as Software,&#8221; NewsScan.com (18 Aug 2004)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If books were sold as software and online recordings are, they would have this legalese up front:</p>
<p><em>The content of this book is distributed on an &#8216;as is&#8217; basis, without warranty as to accuracy of content, quality of writing, punctuation, usefulness of the ideas presented, merchantability, correctness or readability of formulae, charts, and figures, or correspondence of (a) the table of contents with the actual contents, (2) page references in the index (if any) with the actual page numbering (if present), and (iii) any illustration with its adjacent caption. Illustrations may have been printed reversed or inverted, the publisher accepts no responsibility for orientation or chirality. Any resemblance of the author or his or her likeness or name to any person, living or dead, or their heirs or assigns, is coincidental; all references to people, places, or events have been or should have been fictionalized and may or may not have any factual basis, even if reported as factual. Similarities to existing works of art, literature, song, or television or movie scripts is pure happenstance. References have been chosen at random from our own catalog. Neither the author(s) nor the publisher shall have any liability whatever to any person, corporation, animal whether feral or domesticated, or other corporeal or incorporeal entity with respect to any loss, damage, misunderstanding, or death from choking with laughter or apoplexy at or due to, respectively, the contents; that is caused or is alleged to be caused by any party, whether directly or indirectly due to the information or lack of information that may or may not be found in this alleged work. No representation is made as to the correctness of the ISBN or date of publication as our typist isn’t good with numbers and errors of spelling and usage are attributable solely to bugs in the spelling and grammar checker in Microsoft Word. If sold without a cover, this book will be thinner than those sold with a cover. You do not own this book, but have acquired only a revocable non-exclusive license to read the material contained herein. You may not read it aloud to any third party. This disclaimer is a copyrighted work of Jef Raskin, first published in 2004, and is distributed ‘as is’, without warranty as to quality of humor, incisiveness of commentary, sharpness of taunt, or aptness of jibe.</em></p>
<br><b>Jef Raskin</b> (1943-2005) American computer scientist, writer<br>&#8220;If Books Were Sold as Software,&#8221; <i>NewsScan.com</i> (18 Aug 2004) 
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		<title>Macaulay, Thomas Babington -- (Attributed)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The measure of a man&#8217;s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The measure of a man&#8217;s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Babington Macaulay</b> (1800-1859) English writer and politician<br>(Attributed) 
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 4103 (1732)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Serving one&#8217;s own Passions is the greatest Slavery.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs</i> (compiler), # 4103 (1732) 
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