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Principles of Freedom

CHAPTER I
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We feel a heart-beat for deeper things.

It is no longer sufficient that they sound bravely; they must ring true.

The schoolboy's dream is more of a Roman triumph--tramping armies, shouting multitudes, waving banners--all good enough in their way.

But the dream of men is for something beyond all this show.

If it were not, it could hardly claim a sacrifice.
III A spiritual necessity makes the true significance of our claim to freedom: the material aspect is only a secondary consideration.


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