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This prospect cheers me, because I value freedom; and have never expected freedom to be anything less than indecent.
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The speaker welcomes the prospect because freedom matters to them. They do not imagine freedom as perfectly proper or respectable. “Indecent” here suggests that genuine freedom may offend convention, good manners, or accepted standards. The statement treats that discomfort not as a flaw, but as part of what freedom naturally involves.
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