text_original: Such a defence is only to be read with wonder and pain. The 234 A. HISTOEY OF OUR OWN TIMES. OH. XI. Government were not accused .of suppressing pas  sages which they believed rightly or wrongly to be worthless.
text_transcription: SUCH A DEFENCE IS ONLY TO BE READ WITH WONDER AND PAIN THE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT ACCUSED OF SUPPRESSING PASSAGES WHICH THEY BELIEVED RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY TO BE WORTHLESS
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