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 cramped by absurd customs, and his mind tyrannized over by degrading superstitions. To combine the highest degree of liberty of thought and action with the greatest security of property, and the most complete protection from violence, is a problem towards the solution of which, the most civilized nations have made the nearest approximation, but which will never, in all probability be perfectly solved.