This work ends with the author comparing his country to an "eagle mewing its mighty youth" and calling it a "nation not slow and dull, but of a quick,
This work ends with the author comparing his country to an "eagle mewing its mighty youth" and calling it a "nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit." In attempting to make his case the author quotes the case of the imprisoned Galileo and claims that promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human virtue. It was written as an address to the "Lords and Commons of England" and attacks the recent licensing act of Parliament. For ten points, identify this John Milton work that took its name from a site in Athens, the hill of Ares.
This work ends with the author comparing his country to an "eagle mewing its mighty youth" and calling it a "nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit."
Areopagitica