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While men are gazing up to Heaven, imagining after a happiness, or fearing a Hell after they are dead, their eyes are put out, that they see not what is their birthright.

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Propriety and single interest divides the people of a land and the whole world into parties and is the cause of all wars and bloodshed and contention everywhere

Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley

Born: October 19, 1609

Died: September 10, 1676 (aged 66)

Bio: Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.

Known for:

The Law of Freedom in a Platform
A Common Treasury
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