1 Part of the workings of the universe,

2 Truly just a cog in the machine.

3 Perhaps it’s not so though,

4 Uniqueness trumping uniformity,

5 Revolutions having followed this cause.

6 A fight between obedience and,

7 Resistance to the laws of the world,

8 Either way, the question remains,

9 Do we have free will?

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Note: The answer to the question asked in the last line is the title (Decode the number with the line number)