Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!
Published on March 29, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: James Russell Lowell, “Stanzas on Freedom” (1843).