Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue,…

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Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (186?). The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author
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