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Freedom Is But The Possibility Of A Various And Indefinite Activity; While Government, Or The Exercise Of Dominion, Is A Single, Yet Real Activity. The Longing For Freedom, Therefore, Is At First Only Too Frequently Suggested By The Deep-felt Consciousness Of Its Absence.

All Political Arrangements, In That They Have To Bring A Variety Of Widely-discordant Interests Into Unity And Harmony, Necessarily Occasion Manifold Collisions. From These Collisions Spring Misproportions Between Men's Desires And Their Powers; And From These, Transgressions. The More Active The State Is, The Greater Is The Number Of These.

The Price Of Apparent Happiness And Enjoyment Is The Neglect Of The Spontaneous Active Energies Of The Acting Members.

If We Reason That We Want Happiness For Others, Not For Ourselves, Then We Ought Justly To Be Suspected Of Failing To Recognize Human Nature For What It Is And Of Wishing To Turn Men Into Machines.

True Resignation, Which Always Brings With It The Confidence That Unchangeable Goodness Will Make Even The Disappointment Of Our Hopes, And The Contradictions Of Life, Conducive To Some Benefit, Casts A Grave But Tranquil Light Over The Prospect Of Even A Toilsome And Troubled Life.