When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mi…

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When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. ✨ Thomas Paine (1861). The Age of Reason, etc, p.1
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