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The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
John Boyle O'Reilly
Born: June 28, 1844
Died: August 10, 1890 (aged 46)
Bio: John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia.
Known for:
- Moondyne (1879)
- In Bohemia
- Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport (1888)
- Moondyne Joe
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