we shield our eyes

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'They are too bright, we shield our eyes and kill them. We are the dead, and in us there is no feeling nor imagination nor the terrible torment of lust for justice.'

'Heywood Broun, referring to Sacco and Vanzetti in New Republic, September 1, 1947. From The Great Quotations, compiled by George Seldes, 1960.

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