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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. 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
 friends, my fellow-builders, shall write the first chapter in the new history of man. These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It 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. ERNESS I AND THEY MY CHOSEN FRIENDS MY FELLOW BUILDERS SHALL WRITE THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THE NEW HISTORY OF MAN THESE ARE THE LAST THINGS BEFORE ME AND AS I STAND HERE AT THE DOOR OF GLORY I LOOK BEHIND ME FOR THE LAST TIME I LOOK UPON THE HISTORY OF MEN WHICH I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BOOKS AND I WONDER IT 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
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