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“honesty, but denied the burial, and banished the family, of the Roman Pamphilius for having been an “irreclaimable Liar.” Franklin asked: “Can there be a greater Demonstration of Respect to Truth than this of the Romans, who raised an Enemy to the greatest Honour, and exposed a Citizen’s”
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