Whatever side denies that is not my side.
What, then, is the true basis to our claim to freedom?
There are two points of view.

The first we have when fresh from school, still in our teens, ready to tilt against everyone and everything, delighting in saying smart things--and able sometimes to say them--talking much and boldly of freedom, but satisfied if the thing sounds bravely.

There is the later point of view.

We are no longer boys; we have come to review the situation, and take a definite stand in life.

We have had years of experience, keen struggles, not a little bitterness, and we are steadied.