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"The author repeatedly tried to counter suggestions of indecency by appealing to the purity of art.[...] an affectionate letter to Douglas [...] was a prose poem. When Carson asked him to discuss the letter ‘apart from art’, Wilde said, ‘I cannot answer any question apart from art’ and quipped, to the amusement of the gallery, ‘A man who was not an artist could never have written that letter.’"
— Jan 14, 2018 11:32PM
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Niklas Pivic
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"When John Peel, who had once had a sexually transmitted infection, suggested that it was a common affliction and that many people in the courtroom might have had one, Argyle took umbrage at the ‘very great accusation’ and later had Peel’s water glass destroyed."
— Jan 15, 2018 11:14PM
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"Milton wrote Areopagitica in 1644 in an attempt to persuade Parliament to reject censorship. He wrote: As good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book; who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, Gods image; but hee who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye."
Milton did only want to extend the freedom of speech to Puritans.
— Jan 10, 2018 04:48AM
Milton did only want to extend the freedom of speech to Puritans.
