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Voltairine de Cleyre

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When I look at this poor, bleeding, wounded World, this world that has suffered so long, struggled so much, been scourged so fiercely, thorn-​pierced so deeply, crucified so cruelly, I can only shake my head and remember: The giant is blind, but he’s thinking: and his locks are growing, fast.

Voltairine de Cleyre, conclusion to her essay, “The Economic Tendency of Freethought,” Liberty Vol. XI, #25 (February 15, 1890), apparently alluding to Samson as the giant.

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