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1862–1893

“TYRANNY.”

Francis William Lauderdale Adams

“‘ Tyranny’? Yes, that's it! We are not afraid To face the word that's fit For what we've said!

“It's the tyranny of the Many, That will not allow There's the right to any To seek wealth and power now

“At the expense of the Many. Say, that one or this Works‘ over hours': then he Drives us all to the abyss,

“Where, struggling together One rises again While the rest all together Are stifled and slain.

“From this death-strife of brothers Comes the tyranny of One. That's your sort. But we others, We prefer our own!”

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