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Quotation from Areopagitica by John Milton
“Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.”
Areopagitica, Part one, on the nature of books (Project Gutenberg text)
Milton grants that books may be judged, but warns that suppressing a good book is a kind of killing.
Citation: "Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye." — John Milton, Areopagitica, Part one, on the nature of books (Project Gutenberg text). (id areopagitica-q1)
Portrait: John Milton, aged about 21, anonymous, Public domain.
