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Where Is Freedom?

I bought a finch in Japan in the early 70’s. I took it home and left the cage door open so it could fly around if it wished, but it wouldn’t. It just stayed contentedly in its cage. Months passed before it ventured out. I left the window open too, and soon it would go […]

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Aug 14, 2010 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Autobiographical Tagged With: civilization, freedom, Japan

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