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How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!

Oliver Goldsmith

1765

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Activist government Government Political theory Politics The human condition

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1765 Age of Enlightenment

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Oliver Goldsmith

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Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society. London: John Newbery, 1764.

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