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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Freedom and Confinement Quotes

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Quote #10

An impossible one even for me, but doubly impossible for Ned. Every human being, by the very fact of being human, is worthy of respect. Have you ever asked yourself what plans of vengeance could be engendered by the love of freedom and hatred of slavery in a nature like the Canadian's, what he could think or do? (2.19.58)

A "love of freedom" isn't a totally harmless thing. It can have serious, and even harmful, consequences.