I would not debate a particular point of law with the gentleman; but I draw my ideas of Freedom from the vital powers of the British Constitution,--not from the crude and fallacious notions too much relied upon, as if we were but in the morning of Liberty.
Sumner distinguishes his understanding of freedom from simplistic interpretations, referencing the British Constitution.
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