The Spirit of Liberty
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By Robert LeFevre. I am the Spirit of Liberty With me life has purpose and meaning. Infinite variety is mine, and Paradise beckons those who love me and know me. Embrace me -- and the commonplace becomes high adventure; the infinite becomes real. Turn your back upon me, and you are doomed to conformity and monotony. I am the Spirit of Liberty When you look into my eyes, you must forsake all others. With me there is solitude and grandeur. I cannot abide fear and the fearful, and the huddling together of masses. Throughout all recorded time, I have stood with the brave. Those who have known my smile have dared the impossible. I am the Spirit of Liberty If you live with me, you will achieve gloriously. I do not promise success. But with me, even a failure is magnificent. I disdain groups and collections of people. I am always alone. But I am never lonely. If you aspire to my radiance you will experience the joy of creation. You will know the unalloyed thrill of accomplishment. I am the Spirit of Liberty I am with you all the way -- or I am not with you. You must be loyal to me with all that you have and are. Join me and we are both indivisible. You must give your ear only to my voice. The siren songs of security, and benefits at the expense of others are alien to me. You must give no heed to those who promise regulations and controls, all in the name of happiness and peace. There are other and easier paths to follow than the one you must travel if you come with me. But if you abandon me -- you and generations to come will drift into oblivion and death. Sometimes the snow and ice of apathy and indifference cover me. Yet you must know that so long as life endures, a spark of me can be fanned into a flame. I am the Spirit of Liberty |
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