It's almost embarassing how strongly I am affected by polemics

When I was around eighteen or so, I was very into famous speeches. My favorite one was Eugene Deb's speech at his sentencing hearing for his 1918 sedition trial.

I am thinking this morning of the men in the mills and factories; I am thinking of the men in the mines and on the railroads; I am thinking of the women who, for a paltry wage, are compelled to …