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Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation. When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to ______ and ______.

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Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation.

When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to ______ and ______.

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When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to learn and progress.

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Where the Mind is Without Fear...
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Chapter 1.1: Where the mind is without fear - English workshop [Page 5]

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Chapter 1.1 Where the mind is without fear
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Where the Mind is Without Fear...

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
       Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
       By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
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       Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

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