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EQUITY--? by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: THE MEANEST MAN I EVER SAW
Last Line: THE BLAME' GRAN'-JURY'S SENT OVER THE ROAD.
Subject(s): CRUELTY; JUSTICE;
THE meanest man I ever saw
Allus kep' inside o' the law;
And ten-times better fellers I've knowed
The blame' gran'-jury's sent over the road.



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