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To require conformity in the appreciation of sentiments or the interpretation of language, or uniformity of thought, feeling, or action, is a fundamental error in human legislation -- a madness which would be only equaled by requiring all men to possess the same countenance, the same voice or the same stature.

Josiah Warren

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Josiah Warren
Age: 76 †
Born: 1798
Born: January 1
Died: 1874
Died: April 14
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