Sinclair, Upton -- The Jungle, ch. 28 (1906)

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There is no wilderness where I can hide from these things, there is no haven where I can escape them; though I travel to the ends of the earth, I find the same accursed system — I find that all the fair and noble impulses of humanity, the dreams of poets and the agonies of martyrs, are shackled and bound in the service of organized and predatory Greed! And therefore I cannot rest, I cannot be silent; therefore I cast aside comfort and happiness, health and good repute — and go out into the world and cry out the pain of my spirit!

Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) American writer, journalist, activist, politician
The Jungle, ch. 28 (1906)
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Sinclair, Upton -- The Jungle, ch. 28 (1906)