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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. — Wendell Phillips

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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Wendell Phillips
1864
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1864
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Wendell Phillips
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Phillips, Wendell. Speech in Boston. Massachusetts Antislavery Society meeting. 28 Jan. 1852, The Melodeon, Boston, MA, USA.

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