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 Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
 And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
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 Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
 And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
  Possessing all things with intensest love,
   O liberty! my spirit felt thee there. 
 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord 
is, there is liberty.  
 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord 
is, there is liberty. 
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
 But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is 
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more 
 But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is 
the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and 
madness, without tuition or restraint. 
Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.
Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
 If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone 
or brass, it will beat read more 
 If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone 
or brass, it will beat them down.