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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
He only earns his freedom and existence
Who daily conquers them anew.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.
Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
Freedom all solace to man gives:
He lives at ease that freely lives.
Freedom all solace to man gives:
He lives at ease that freely lives.
Whose service is perfect freedom.
Whose service is perfect freedom.
. . . for righteous monarchs,
Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
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. . . for righteous monarchs,
Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free.
Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
