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From this hour, freedom!From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute,
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Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,
Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.
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I inhale great draughts of space;The east and the west are mine, and the north and the south are mine.
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I am larger, better than I thought;I did not know I held so much goodness.
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All seems beautiful to me;I can repeat over to men and women, You have done such good to me, I would do the same to you.
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I will recruit for myself and you as I go;I will scatter myself among men and women as I go;
I will toss the new gladness and roughness among them;
Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me;
Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me.
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