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But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust. "Might makes right," and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies.

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Adin Ballou

Adin Ballou

Born: April 23, 1803
Died: August 5, 1890 (aged 87)
Bio: Adin Ballou was an American prominent proponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism, and the founder of the Hopedale Community.
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  1. Christian Non-Resistance (1846)

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