...public reason, the refuge of oppressed innocence and persecuted truth, have perished with those ancient principles which were their sole guardians and protectors....reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants : the...

...public reason, the refuge of oppressed innocence and persecuted truth, have perished with those ancient principles which were their sole guardians and protectors....reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The...

...Switzerland, in the imperial towns of Germany, the press was either legally or practically free. But all these have been swallowed up by that fearful convulsion...corners of the earth. They are destroyed, and gone forever ! One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where...

...with those ancient principles which were their sole guardians. They are destroyed, and gone for ever. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely...reason on the most important concerns of society, — where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and the most powerful tyrants....

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...Europe from Palermo to Hamburg was now enslaved : and here he electrified the court by exclaiming, " One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate ! There is still one little spot where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society —...

...fifty imperial towns have been erased from the list of independent States, by one dash of the pen. One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate....reason on the most important concerns of society, — where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants....

...fifty imperial towns have been erased from the list of independent States, by one dash of the pen. One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate....reason on the most important concerns of society, — where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants....

...fifty imperial towns have been erased from the list of independent States, by one dash of the pen. One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate....There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exereise his reason on the most important concerns of society, — where he can boldly publish his...

...a despotic minister, " one asylum of free discussion is still inviolate ! There is one little spot where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society — where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful of tyrants....