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a rightly adjusted scheme of de-
-pendence. The Couplet is true which
says – "God never made an independent man,

'T [It] would jar the concern of his general plan."
The difficulty in achieving civil liberty
in a world of sin, Strife, and grasping self-
-ishness, is matched by the difficulty
of preserving it, which is so marked that
one of the proverbs is, that "Eternal vigil-
-ance is the trial of liberty.

Liberty to dwell in a land govern-
-ed as one may prefer – civil liberty – is
separable in thought, if not in
fact, – from industrial liberty –
the liberty of ordering one's own life-
-affairs, and of engaging in such an
occupation, as he may prefer – con-
-sistent, of course, with the public good. –

4 [centered]

a rightly adjusted scheme of de-
-pendence. The Couplet is true which
says – "God never made an independent man,

'T [It] would jar the concern of his general plan."
The difficulty in achieving civil liberty
in a world of sin, Strife, and grasping self-
-ishness, is matched by the difficulty
of preserving it, which is so marked that
one of the proverbs is, that "Eternal vigil-
-ance is the trial of liberty.

Liberty to dwell in a land govern-
-ed as one may prefer – civil liberty – is
separable in thought, if not in
fact, – from industrial liberty –
the liberty of ordering one's own life-
-affairs, and of engaging in such an
occupation, as he may prefer – con-
-sistent, of course, with the public good. –