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When One Wants To Change Manners And Customs, One Should Not Do So By Changing The Laws.

The Pagan Religion, Which Prohibited Only Some Of The Grosser Crimes, And Which Stopped The Hand But Meddled Not With The Heart, Might Have Crimes That Were Inexplicable.

I Should Like To Abolish Funerals; The Time To Mourn A Person Is At His Birth, Not His Death.

The Spirit Of Moderation Should Also Be The Spirit Of The Lawgiver.

We Ought To Be Very Cautious And Circumspect In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty.