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6240. OPINION, Uniformity.—

Suppose
the State should take into head that there
should be an uniformity of countenance.
Men would be obliged to put an artificial
bump or swelling here, a patch there, &c., but
this would be merely hypocritical, or if the
alternative was given of wearing a mask,
ninety-nine one-hundredths must immediately
mask. Would this add to the beauty of nature?
Why otherwise in opinions?—
Notes on Religion. Ford ed., ii, 95.
(1776?)