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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE DISEASE: THE AFTER-EFFECTS by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: THIS IS THE LIFE OF A CONGRESSMAN.
Last Line: But over the country, a million look from work, / five hundred thousand stand
Subject(s): UNITED STATES - CONGRESS; MINERALS; DISEASE; LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;
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