John Milton: Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

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Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

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Source:: AREOPAGITICA; A Speech of Mr. John Milton For the Liberty of Unlicens'd Printing, To the Parliament of ENGLAND,1644 1644

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English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)

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