This most serious difficulty which arises at every step in the search for the true source of government, comes from the innate sentiment of freedom in man, which is the truthful expression of the characteristics of the Infinite, which are indigenous, so to speak, to his nature.
Woodhull reflects on the inherent human desire for freedom as a fundamental characteristic of human nature.
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