So long as faith with freedom reigns And loyal hope survives, And gracious charity remains To leaven lowly lives; While there is one untrodden tract For intellect or will, And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living still.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life remains valuable as long as freedom, hope, charity, and intellectual liberty exist.
- In plain terms
- Life is good when freedom and hope remain.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect freedom and hope to keep life meaningful.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What virtues sustain your view of life?
Another view
Life can be meaningful in private despite public loss.
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Is life worth living? Yes, so long As there is wrong to right, Wail of the weak against the strong, Or tyranny to fight;
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