Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restra…

John Milton
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Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. ✨ John Milton (1859). The prose works of John Milton, p.177
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Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. ✨ John Milton (1859). The prose works of John Milton, p.177

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