How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness … - Thomas Paine

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The [Ronald] Reagan administration told the business world that they were not going to enforce the labor laws.

Thomas Paine

How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to answer others, it is put for the light of the world.

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