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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)

CHAPTER LVII
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Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be of the number.
"But superstitious notions you harbor, sovereign kings! Did you visit Dominora, you would not be marched straight into a dungeon.

And though you would behold sundry sights displeasing, you would start to inhale such liberal breezes; and hear crowds boasting of their privileges; as you, of yours.

Nor has the wine of Dominora, a monarchical flavor.
"Now, though far and wide, to keep equal pace with the times, great reforms, of a verity, be needed; nowhere are bloody revolutions required.

Though it be the most certain of remedies, no prudent invalid opens his veins, to let out his disease with his life.

And though all evils may be assuaged; all evils can not be done away.


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