John Ruskin book The Seven Lamps of Architecture
Source: The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), Chapter VII: The Lamp of Obedience, section 1.
“Entitle us to the Liberty of proving the Truth of the Papers, which in the Information are called false, malicious, seditious and scandalous.”
"Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger", pg. 17
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