"Work—work—work Till the brain begins to swim! Work—work—work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam,— Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! O Men, with sisters dear! O Men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch—stitch—stitch In poverty, hunger, and dirt,— Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt."
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The Cry for Justice
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest is a collection of quotations edited by Upton Sinclair. It was published in 1915. The title page describes the book as a collection of "writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice."
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