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Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledg'd to Religion, Liberty, and Law.
Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledg'd to Religion, Liberty, and Law.
Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Francis W. Bourdillon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Joseph Story (1779-1845): Motto of the "Salem Register." (Life of Story, Vol. i. p. 127.)
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