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Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

From Timon of Athens (Act IV, Scene III)

Shakespeare, William

William Shakespeare

GOLD? yellow, glittering, precious gold?…

This yellow slave

Will knit and break religions; bless the accursed;

Make the hoar leprosy adored; place thieves,

And give them title, knee and approbation

With senators on the bench.