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Tyranny Is Tyranny, No Matter What Its Form; The Free Man Will Resist It If His Courage Serves.

We Prate Of Freedom; We Are In Deadly Fear Of Life, As Much Of Our Own American Scene Betrays.

Life Is Not A Thing Of Knowing Only--nay, Mere Knowledge Has Properly No Place At All Save As It Becomes The Handmaiden Of Feeling And Emotions.

No Doubt One May Quote History To Support Any Cause, As The Devil Quotes Scripture; But Modern History Is Not A Very Satisfactory Side-arm In Political Polemics; It Grows Less And Less So.

You Cannot Raise The Standard Against Oppression, Or Leap Into The Breach To Relieve Injustice, And Still Keep An Open Mind To Every Disconcerting Fact, Or An Open Ear To The Cold Voice Of Doubt. I Am Satisfied That A Scholar Who Tries To Combine These Parts Sells His Birthright For A Mess Of Pottage; That, When The Final Count Is Made, It Will Be Found That The Impairment Of His Powers Far Outweighs Any Possible Contribution To The Causes He Has Espoused.