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And an orator said, speak to us of freedom. And he answered:

At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,

Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.

Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom like a yolk and a handcuff.

And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfilment.

You shall be free indeed when your days are without a care nor your nights without a want and grief,

But rather when these things girdle your life and you rise above them naked and unbound.

Kahlil Gibran 'The Prophet'