...Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co., 1973). Milton writes (p. 35): "And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple;...

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...weapon he exploited at every possible occasion. "Truth is strong!" he implored his fellow congressmen, "Next to the Almighty, she needs no policies, no stratagems, no licensings to make her victorious." More and more, Hickman was convinced that Lincoln would succeed. Hodgson thought Hickman no longer...

...but the belief persists among free speech libertarians today: "And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple;...

...argument that truth will emerge in free and open discussions: "And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falshood grapple;...

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...condition that enabled them (ideally) to recognize the validity of Milton's observation: 'For who knows not that Truth is strong next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licencings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that error...

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...Milton argued against prepublication censorship of religious views, in the classic Areopagitica: "And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple;...