We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship." in the context of ""The Tercentenary of the 'Areopagitica'"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.