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" If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. "

William Godwin

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Who

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Man

" Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become. "

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