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Without this, liberty can exist only in name--The name indeed may be blasphemously uttered, but the substance is gone with the liberty of all who have relied on professions.
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gutenberg.orgDavid Daggett: “Without this, liberty can exist only in name--The name indeed may be blasphemously uttered, but the substance is gone…”
Editor's note · Context
Daggett warns that without true liberty, the concept becomes meaningless, as it relies on genuine practice rather than mere words.
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