NowwhatsortofquestionwouldfirstoccurtotwomendescendingupontheplanetofaModernUtopia? , asIhavealreadyremarked, , spreadtothedimensionsofaworld, beanylessforbidding?
WeshouldtakecomfortinthethoughtthatuniversalTolerationiscertainlyamodernidea, , therewillstillremainawiderangeofpossibility....Ithinkweshouldtrytoworktheproblemoutfromaninquiryintofirstprinciples, andthatweshouldfollowthetrendofourtimeandkindbytakingupthequestionasoneof "ManversustheState," anddiscussingthecompromiseofLiberty.
, , withitsdeepeninginsistenceuponindividualityanduponthesignificanceofitsuniqueness, steadilyintensifiesthevalueoffreedom, untilatlastwebegintoseelibertyastheverysubstanceoflife, thatindeeditislife, andthatonlythedeadthings, thechoicelessthings, 'sindividualityis, inthemodernview, thesubjectivetriumphofexistence, , sincemanisasocialcreature, , , , andislimitedbytherightsofothers, andbyconsiderationsaffectingthewelfareofthecommunityasawhole.
Individuallibertyinacommunityisnot, asmathematicianswouldsay, , ageneralprohibitioninastatemayincreasethesumofliberty, , asthesepeoplewouldhaveusbelieve, , , unencumberedbyarmsorarmour, freeofthefearofplayfulpoison, whimsicalbarbers, , , , theinconveniencenotonlytoeachother, buttotheneutralpedestrian, , ifhecameatall, wouldhavetocomeroundinanarmouredcart....
