“Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end, and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.”

Not shooting the messenger here specifically BUT, Wilson's oxymoronic double speak out of both sides of his mouth doesn't quite flow consistent. Liberty / freedom and inalienable rights at nature's law are inherent in the individual (as a faculty of birth through fruition of life's sojourn). What purpose / honor is this anti-freedom socialist referring to? A common end? What narrow interest — AT LAW — is being referenced?