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  • And you, America, that passion made you. You were not born to
    prosperity, you were born to love freedom.
    You did not say "en masse," you said "independence." But we
    cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also.

    Robinson Jeffers, Albert Gelpi (2003). “The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers”, p.154, Stanford University Press