Show the old settler albert it lyman my dear san Jua ners whether a man with a wife is more more free than a man alone or vice versa depends on the kind of a man to be considered the same saime goes for a woman in spite of the notion that her desire shall be unto him and he shall rule over her in this matter of liberty 1 hold to the old spanish the liberty of man is the most precious gift that god gives i hi him taking it for granted that this gift is to be appraised for its most enduring benefits the bene benefits fits which carry on and on instead of the temporary advantages which vanish away leaving ugly limits in their place it become clear that every surrender of liberty today is suicidal unless it is a means of gaining greater liberty tomorrow every vigorous intelligence cherishes inherent desire to retain all its liberty and to gain as much more as possible to barter it away permanently as any price is the extreme folly we cant conceive of liberty as that absolute latitude a mart man might expect only in a world where he was the sole and only person in existence that would be banishment and more terrible than being chained among men the joy of human liberty calls for human company 0 who would inhabit this bleak world alone to enjoy the rich benefits of associating with other human beings mar man must accord to them every right which he can legitimately claim for himself it must be a perfect system of reciprocity where every one recognizes that his rights must end abruptly where th the e other persons rights begin suppose that each one here is actuated with so much respect to the society that he is concerned to promote the liberty of every ether one in all ways possible whatever he yields fields comes back to him with increased value and in this perfect association every member enjoys privileges end and advantages which could not be enjoyed in a world alone nor in a world where every man enjoys privileges and advantages which could not be enjoyed in a world alone nor in a world where every man was trying to extend his liberties beyond the lawful rights coming back to the matter of more oi 01 of less liberty in the bonds of marriage it goes without saying that this venerable and fundamental institution of the ages is and must be an avenue of expression for greater and nd more blessed liberty than men or women could express alone and that in the maturing of this union it compensates for every limitation which it imposes along with the despotisms despotis ms from which the world is trying to awaken women have been held in slavery simply because it has been the rule for the strong to oppress the weak it has not been possible for women to contribute what they might have contributed to the liberty of their husbands because their husbands were not contributing to their liberty where a man and a woman are each one trying honestly to give the other one every possible advantage they are infinitely better off than either one could be alone but if he thinks I 1 that shu she is his servant that because she is married to him she must therefore abandon every ambition and ideal of her individuality divi duality it if it conflicts with his notions he deserve to enjoy the liberties attainable by marriage if she thinks of herself alone and become a mill stone hung about his neck she is unfit for the advantages that her union might have brought to her the eld men and women who cling to and love one another hyill will belr bear testimony that tha marriage for people who respect its obligations is ah an institution of blessed liberty I 1 |