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MIGHT IS RIGHT.Might was right when Christ was hanged Reside the Jordan's foam;Might was right when Gracchus bled,AUpon the stones of Rome;And might was right when Danton fell, When F.mmet passed away ’Tis the Igoic of the Ancient World,And the gospel of today.•»Might was right when Spartacus Went down in seas of blood,And when the commune perishedg 9In the self-same crimson flood;And might was right at Cripple Creek, At Tampa, Homestead—yea!’Tis the logic of the Ancient World,And the gospel of today.ftMight was right when Parsons died. When Ferrer followed him,When Cole's young life was beaten out In Spokane’s dungeons grim;And might was right when PettihoneWent stagg’ring down death's way Tis the logic of the Ancient World, And the gospel of today.Might is right when Morgan builds A hell 'round every hearth:Might is right w’hen Kirhv starves His peons off the earth;And might was right when Deitx became♦Wolfe Weycfhanser’s prey Tis the logic of the Ancient World,And the gospel of today.ftMight is right when children die Ry thousands in the mills:When jeweled hands reach down and take The gold thejr blood distills:|\nd might is right when maidens give Their love-dreams up for pay—^Tis the logic of the Ancient World,And the gospel of today.IIiMight was. it is. it e’er will-be,IThe one and only right;1And so. O hosts of toil, awaken!tO workingmen,' unite! tyiite! Unite! For might is right,, Tis freedom's only way **Tis the logic of the Ancient World, And the gospel of today.”COVINGTON HALL
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Spokane Industrial Worker
Spokane, Washington, US
Thu, Aug 24, 1911
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