Thread: MobileRead Discussion: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (spoilers)
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Old 02-01-2010, 07:38 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
You can have freedom, or you can have security; rarely can you have both.
How are we defining 'freedom'?

None of us are 'free' from our own mortality, the laws of our various lands, the physical constraints of our bodies, the impulses of instinct and the subconscious, the need to eat, sleep and shelter.

What is this 'freedom' whereof you speak?
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