Quote#Freedom
The present state of the old World that is running up like parchment…
Quote byGerrard Winstanley · 1609–1676
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The True Levellers Standard Advanced (1649).
English (original)
the present state of the old World that is running up like parchment in the fire, and wearing away, we see proud Imaginary flesh, which is the wise Serpent, rises up in flesh and gets dominion in some to rule over others, and so forces one part of the Creation man, to be a slave to another; and thereby the Spirit is killed in both.
— Gerrard Winstanley
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