Free-er

In studying such a phase of humanity, we conclude with Pope, that / “Order is heaven’s first law; and this confest, / Some are, and must be, free-er than the rest, / More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence / That such are happier, shocks all common sense.”

Free is an absolute word, but perhaps we may be permitted to ascribe degrees or approximation and say that some people are free-er than others and some most fortunate ones whom we greatly envy are free-est of all. Who in your opinion is free, free-er, or free-est depends on your own interpretation and that depends on your background, beliefs, aspirations, and degree of tolerance.

It is an enormous step for a student fresh out of high school to come to the university because the university is so much “free-er” than high school, and it makes it even harder if the student is from a rural village.

To be a monarch, as opposed to merely a rich, free, autonome required one to be free-er than those around one.