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                    THE MENTOR 1918.07.01, No. 158,
                         The Cradle of Liberty

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                               EVERY DAY

                  JULY 1 1918          SERIAL NO. 158

                                  THE
                                MENTOR

                             THE CRADLE OF
                                LIBERTY

                        By ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
                        Professor of Government
                          Harvard University

                   DEPARTMENT OF           VOLUME 6
                   HISTORY                NUMBER 10

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LIBERTY


Liberty is older than Law, older than Government, older than the State.
Liberty goes back to the Garden of Eden, where first was taught the
bitter lesson that where Liberty is uncontrolled, society breaks down.
The word is a splendid one, coined by the Romans, “With a great price
obtained I this freedom,” said the Roman centurion; “But I was free
born,” replied St. Paul. Liberty was in the hearts of the English
colonists; Liberty rang out from the Bell of Independence Hall; Liberty
is stamped upon our state and federal constitutions. For Liberty
millions of men have struggled and died. Toward Liberty oppressed
myriads are stretching out their hands today. Liberty is the pole-star
of peoples, the hope of mankind.




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