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LETTER XII.<br />

TO P. W. LONGDILL, ESQ.<br />

T, cN LONDON, January I'ith, 1817,<br />

DEAE SIE,<br />

The following are the reasons why no<br />

man ought to be held amenable to any<br />

EngHsh tribunal for publishing liis theological<br />

opinions—they may serve as my defence<br />

against the Lord Chancellor's accusation of<br />

being the author of Queen Mab.<br />

1, Because no man can in justice be made<br />

criminally answerable for mere abstract<br />

opinions, which result from the honest<br />

convictions of his reason.<br />

2. Because the publication of opinions, on<br />

abstract, scientific, and speculative subjects.

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