Quote#Freedom
Freedom to love the law that Moses brought
Quote byEmma Lazarus · 1849–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Songs of a Semite (1882), "In Exile", st. 5.
English (original)
Freedom to love the law that Moses brought, To sing the songs of David, and to think The thoughts Gabirol to Spinoza taught, Freedom to dig the common earth, to drink The universal air — for this they sought Refuge o'er wave and continent, to link Egypt with Texas in their mystic chain, And truth's perpetual lamp forbid to wane.
— Emma Lazarus
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