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333. AMBITION, Defeating.—
The minds of the people at large should be illuminated,
as far as practicable, * * * that they may be
enabled to know ambition under all its shapes,
and prompt to exert their natural powers to
defeat its purposes.—
Diffusion of Knowledge Bill.
Ford ed., ii, 221.
(1779)
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