disenthrall

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“In the spirit of Lincoln, the facts are new, and we’ve got to think anew and act anew. We’ve got to disenthrall ourselves,” Newsom said.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

As Emily Dickinson expressed it: “Within its reach, though yet ungrasped / Desire’s perfect Goal – / No nearer – lest the Actual – / should disenthrall my soul – ”

From The Guardian • May 22, 2020

Jill Lepore quotes Lincoln: 'We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save the country'

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019

At Woodstock on the Mall, actor Edward James Olmos quoted Lincoln: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

From Time Magazine Archive

When did that rare soul sing The victim's shame, the tyrant's eulogy, The great belittle, or exalt the small, Or grudge his gift, his blood, to disenthrall The slaves of tyranny or ignorance?

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma