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...ftep farther, and aflert, that fuch a liberty is attended • -. tended with fo few incomreniencies, that it may be claimed as the common right of mankind, and ought to be indulged them almoft in every government : except the ecclefiaftical, to which indeed it would prove'fatal. We need...

...a free one. But 1 would fain go a flep farther, and aflert, that fuch a liberty is attended with fo few inconveniences, that it may be claimed as the...common right of mankind, and ought to be indulged them almoft in every government : except the ecclefiaflical, to which indeed it would prove fatal. We need...

...would fain go a ftep farther, and affert, that this liberty is attended with fo few inconveniencies, that it may be claimed as the common right of mankind, and ought to be indulged them in every fpecies of government ; except the ecclefiaftical, to which indeed it would prove fatal. We...

...Utttiufousncss of a CCcnsorsfjip" The Liberty of the Press is attended with so few inconveniences, Ihat it may be claimed as the common right of mankind, and ought to be indulged them in almost every government, except the ecclesiastical, to which, indeed, it would be fatal." — HUME....

...vent to the unrestricted expression of the people's thoughts. " The liberty of the press," says Hume, "is attended with so few inconveniences, that it may be claimed as the common right of all mankind." We are, nevertheless, enemies to all. licentiousness ; and our attachment to a free press...

...to the unrestricted expression of the people's thoughts. " The liberty of the press," says Hume, " is attended " with so few inconveniences, that it may be claimed as " the common right of all mankind." We are nevertheless enemies to all licentiousness ; and our attachment to a free press...

...especially if it be a free one. But I would fain go a step farther, and assert, that such a liberty is attended with so few inconveniences, that it may...ecclesiastical, to which, indeed, it would be fatal. We need not dread from this liberty any such ill consequences as followed from It must however be allowed,...

...of the country,' the replies which have been made to them may be considered not less so ; and we arc now to consider the objections which are built on...adverted to the fact, that such a liberty communicated no immediate expansion to the mind of a nation, and that it did not imply the operation of any extrinsic...

...uurestricted expression of the people's thoughts. " The liberty of the press," says Hume, "is attended with MI few inconveniences, that it may be claimed as the common right of all mankind." We are, nevertheless, enemies to all licentiousness ; and our attachment to a free press...