As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
— John Milton Early Modern

Paradise Lost

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Context

Areopagitica

Date / Period

1644

Category

Strange & Unusual

Verification

Confirmed

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Method

Cross Reference

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2 sources

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