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Edith Hamilton Quotes: When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.
         

When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.


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When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.
         



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