The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

Year: 1775
Context: The Farmer Refuted
Shortlink: http://fq1.us/48i

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