while，indefaultofcontrol，therelapseuponself—interestastheonemotiveprincipleiscertaintoensue，and，whenitensues，isabsoluteinitsoperations。Butas，evenwithus，theseso—calledordinancesofnatureintimeofwarconsenttobesuspended，anddutytohiscountrybecomeswitheverygoodcitizenahighermotiveofactionthantheadvantageswhichhemaygaininanenemy\'smarket;soitisnotuncheeringtolookbackuponatimewhenthenationwasinanormalconditionofmilitancyagainstsocialinjustice——whentheGovernmentwasenabled，byhappycircumstances，topursueintodetailasingleandseriousaimatthewell—being——well—beinginitswidestsense——ofallmembersofthecommonwealth。Thereweredifficultiesanddrawbacksatthattimeaswellasthis。OfLiberty，inthemodernsenseoftheword——ofthesupposedrightofeveryman\"todowhathewillwithhisown，\"orwithhimself——therewasnoidea。Tothequestion，ifeveritwasasked，\"MayInotdowhatIwillwithmyown？\"therewasthebriefanswer，\"Nomanmaydowhatiswrong，eitherwithwhatishisownorwithwhatisanother\'s。\"Producers，too，whowerenotpermittedtodrivedowntheirworkmen\'swagesbycompetition，couldnotselltheirgoodsascheaplyastheymighthavedone，andtheconsumerpaidforthelawinanadvanceofprice;buttheburden，thoughitfellheavilyontherich，lightlytouchedthepoorandtherichconsentedcheerfullytoataxwhichensuredtheloyaltyofthepeople。Theworkingmanofmoderntimeshasboughttheextensionofhislibertyatthepriceofhismaterialcomfort。
Thehigherclasseshavegainedinwealthwhattheyhavelostinpower。Itisnotforthehistoriantobalanceadvantages。Hisdutyiswiththefacts。\'
Ourforefathers，then，werenotfree，ifweattachtothatwordthemeaningwhichourTransatlanticbrothersseeminclinedtogivetoit。
Theyhadnotlearnttodeifyself—will，andtoclaimforeachmemberofthehumanracearighttotheindulgenceofeveryeccentricity。
Theycalledthemselvesfree，andboastedoftheirfreedom;buttheirconceptionoflibertywasthatofalloldnations，afreedomwhichnotonlyallowedofdiscipline，butwhichgrewoutofit。Nopeoplehadlesswishtoexaltthekinglypowerintothatspecioustyranny，apaternalGovernment;thekingwaswiththem，andalwayshadbeen，bothformallyandreally，subjecttotheirchoice;boundbymanyoathstomanyduties;theminister，notthemasterofthepeople。