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It is for us to go further, and see that Freedom is something more than a barren letter.
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Sumner argues that freedom must be meaningful and not just a legal term.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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