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Excerpt from Personal Rights Vs. Prohibition: Considered in Conjunction With the Laws of Personal Liberty and Responsibility In placing this work before the reader, the author is prompted by a desire to do good to all men, and fullv willing that all the various Opinions should have sway. Those that differ with us ought'to be at least fair and honest in the difference. Not seeking to abuse or insult, for abuse is no argument. Let us seek in our attempts to lead men, to leave them on their own inference and we have done all we can, and not unfairly dealt with any. It is not ior the writer to say what the action of any man shall be. We can only honestly submit to the judgment of all men the vieivs we entertain. In other words, in serving our food for thought, we should spread it with, and in a disposition to allow other men to eat at will, and not engage in any attempts to cram it down their throats. In advocating liberty, in a word, we must be consistent, or we cannot else expect to move in harmony With the things we preach. In all, if we expect good example to come of precept, the precept must at least be fair, honest and clear. The example belongs to the reader. The precept to the writer. Let us be fearless but honest, and just in our attempts to establish the right. G. A. Lafayette, author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.