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TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. AFTER CIVILISATION by EDWARD CARPENTER

First Line: WE ARE A MENACE TO YOU, O CIVILISATION
Last Line: WE SHALL ARISE AND SWEEP YOU AWAY!
Subject(s): CIVILIZATION;

@3We are a menace to you, O civilisation!
We have seen you—we allow you—we bear with you for a time,
But beware! for in a moment and, when the hour comes, inevitably,
We shall arise and sweep you away!@1



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