"Freedom of Speech, or the Liberty of the Press, (which is only a Conveyance of that Speech to Multitudes whom the Voice cannot reach) often does Mischief. This is certain. But let It be once taken away, under what Pretence soever; and how much greater Mischiefs must follow? All the Mischiefs, of Darkness in the Intellectual World, of Baseness in the Moral World, and of Slavery in the Political World."
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Letter [22], signed "Britannicus", in the London Journal (9 February 1722/23); collected in John Hoadly (ed.) Works, vol. 3 (London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1773), p. 79
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Benjamin Hoadly
Benjamin Hoadly (14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English Whig clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy.
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