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Why I Am A Liberal

By Robert Browning

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"Why?" Because all I haply can and do,     All that I am now, all I hope to be,     Whence comes it save from fortune setting free     Body and soul the purpose to pursue,     God traced for both? If fetters, not a few,     Of prejudice, convention, fall from me,     These shall I bid men, each in his degree     Also God-guided bear, and gayly, too?     But little do or can the best of us:     That little is achieved through Liberty.     Who, then, dares hold, emancipated thus,     His fellow shall continue bound? Not I,     Who live, love, labour freely, nor discuss     A brother's right to freedom. That is "Why."

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About Robert Browning

Robert Browning (1812–1889) was a major English Victorian poet who perfected the dramatic monologue form. His poems—including "My Last Duchess," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "Fra Lippo Lippi"—explore psychology, morality, and art through the voices of vividly drawn characters.

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