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The social contract & discourses

Note 1 — Chapter XVIII

G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) Cole translation

Provided, of course, he does not leave to escape his obligations and avoid having to serve his country in the hour of need. Flight in such a case would be criminal and punishable, and would be, not withdrawal, but desertion.

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