Présentation de l'éditeur
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. The humble race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised A gainst injustice, ignorance and lust, The inquisition yet would serve the law And guillotines decide our least disputes, The few who dare, must speak and speak again To right the wrongs of many. Speech, thank God, No vested power in this great day and land Can gag or throttle. Press and voice may cry Loud disapproval of existing ills ;M ay criticise oppression and condemn The lawlessness of wealth-protecting laws That let the children and child-bearers toil To purchase ease for idle millionaires. s Therefore I do protest against the boast Of independence in this mighty land. Call no chain strong which holds one rusted link, Call no land free that holds one fettered slave. Until the manacled slim wrists of babes A re loosed to toss in childish sport and glee; Until the mother bears no burden, save The precious one beneath her heart; until God ssoil is rescued from the clutch of greed, And given back to labour, let no man Call this the land of freedom. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. B ypermission of the A uthor.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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