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I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Enjoying beautiful things does not require possessing them, in this account. The speaker values the freedom to move among them more than private wealth. Ownership is therefore treated as a possible loss rather than a gain, because its cost would be personal liberty.
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