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Show Gems of Cbougbtj TRL'E FREEDOM j The only 'freedom worth possessing pos-sessing is that which gives enlargement en-largement to a people's energy, intellect, . and virtues. William Kllery Channing. Only free people can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end, and prefer the interests in-terests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. Woodrow Wilson. Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe, and to utter freely, according to conscience, above all other liberties. Milton. The Pilgrims came to establish a nation in true freedom, in the rights of conscience. Mary Baker Eddy. If the true spark of religious and civil .liberty be kindled, it will burn. Human agency cannot extinguish ex-tinguish it. Daniel Webster. No! Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. ... Religion, virtue, truth whate'er we call A blessing freedom is the pledge of all. William Cowper |