"Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving."
— Samuel Johnson

January 1, 1970

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Note: This essay was "added to some editions of The Idler, when collected into volumes, but not by Dr. Johnson" — vide The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 2 (London, 1806), p. 427, note