"Why?" Because all I haply can and do, br All that I am now, all I hope to be,-- br Whence comes it save from fortune setting free br Body and soul the purpose to pursue, br God traced for both? If fetters, not a few, br Of prejudice, convention, fall from me, br These shall I bid men--each in his degree br Also God-guided--bear, and gayly, too? br br But little do or can the best of us: br That little is achieved through Liberty. br Who, then, dares hold, emancipated thus, br His fellow shall continue bound? Not I, br Who live, love, labour freely, nor discuss br A brother's right to freedom. That is "Why.