Guilt, therefore, I do not acknowledge: and, if I did, it i… - Thomas de Quincey

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Guilt, therefore, I do not acknowledge: and, if I did, it is possible that I might still resolve on the present act of confession, in consideration of the service which I may thereby render to the whole class of opium-eaters.

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Thomas Penson De Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English essayist and intellectual.

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