Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always s…

Mark Twain
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Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state. ✨ Mark Twain (2006). Mark Twain Speaking, p.386, University of Iowa Press
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Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state. ✨ Mark Twain (2006). Mark Twain Speaking, p.386, University of Iowa Press

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