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The worship of the word "We." When men accepted that worship, the structure of centuries collapsed about them, the structure whose every beam had come from the thought of some one man, each in his day down the ages, from the depth of some one spirit, such spirit as existed but for its own sake. THE WORSHIP OF THE WORD WE WHEN MEN ACCEPTED THAT WORSHIP THE STRUCTURE OF CENTURIES COLLAPSED ABOUT THEM THE STRUCTURE WHOSE EVERY BEAM HAD COME FROM THE THOUGHT OF SOME ONE MAN EACH IN HIS DAY DOWN THE AGES FROM THE DEPTHS OF SOME ONE SPIRIT SUCH AS SPIRIT EXISTED BUT FOR ITS OWN SAKE
oved it was the spirit of man’s freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else. At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of the freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled. But then he gave up all he had won, and fell lower than his savage beginning. What brought it to pass? What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? WAS A LONG STORY AND THE SPIRIT WHICH MOVED IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF MAN'S FREEDOM BUT WHAT IS FREEDOM FREEDOM FROM WHAT THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE A MAN'S FREEDOM AWAY FROM HIM SAVE OTHER MEN TO BE FREE A MAN MUST BE FREE OF HIS BROTHERS THAT IS FREEDOM THAT AND NOTHING ELSE AT FIRST MAN WAS ENSLAVED BY THE GODS BUT HE BROKE THEIR CHAINS THEN HE WAS ENSLAVED BY THE KINGS BUT HE BROKE THEIR CHAINS HE WAS ENSLAVED BY HIS BIRTH BY HIS KIN BY HIS RACE BUT HE BROKE THEIR CHAINS HE DECLARED TO ALL HIS BROTHERS THAT A MAN HAS RIGHTS WHICH NEITHER GOD NOR KING NOR OTHER MEN CAN TAKE AWAY FROM HIM NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NUMBER FOR HIS IS THE RIGHT OF MAN AND THERE IS NO RIGHT ON EARTH ABOVE THIS RIGHT AND HE STOOD ON THE THRESHOLD OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE BLOOD OF THE CENTURIES BEHIND HIM HAD SPILT BUT THEN HE GAVE UP ALL HE HAD WON AND FELL LOWER THAN HIS SAVAGE BEGINNING WHAT BROUGHT IT TO PASS WHAT DISASTER TOOK THEIR REASON AWAY FROM MEN WHAT WHIP LASHED THEM TO THEIR KNEES IN SHAME AND SUBMISSION
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