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“A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred — the human law in himself, his own individual will.”
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- Source:
- p. 19
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a564a9d55aa8370eae52b475e7fd44971b366aa308036ad58888a2177c05480d
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