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is that kind of education wanting in this 

 country. 



Phys. — Where a book is rarely seen, a 

 newspaper never. 



Poiet. — Pardon me — there is not a cot- 

 tage without a prayer book; and I am not 

 sorry that these innocent and happy men 

 are not made active and tumultuous subjects 

 of King Press, whom I consider as the 

 most capricious, depraved and unprincipled 

 tyrant that ever existed in England. De- 

 praved — for it is to be bought by great 

 wealth; capricious — because it sometimes 

 follows, and sometimes forms, the voice of 

 the lowest mob ; and unprincipled — because, 

 when its interests are concerned, it sets at 

 defiance private feeling and private charac- 

 ter, and neither regards their virtue, dignity, 

 or purity. 



Hal. — My friends, you are growing warm. 

 I know you differ essentially on this subject; 

 but surely you will allow that the full liberty 

 of the press, even though it sometimes dege- 

 nerates into licentiousness, and though it 

 may sometimes be improperly used by the 



