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" Union :

Not me alone--
I know now--
But all the whole oppressed
Poor world,
White and black,
Must put their hands with mine
To shake the pillars of those temples
Wherein the false gods dwell
And worn-out altars stand
Too well defended,
And the rule of greed's upheld-
That must be ended. "

Langston Hughes , The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)


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Langston Hughes quote : Union :<br /><br />Not me alone--<br />I know now--<br />But all the whole oppressed<br />Poor world,<br />White and black,<br />Must put their hands with mine<br />To shake the pillars of those temples<br />Wherein the false gods dwell<br />And worn-out altars stand<br />Too well defended,<br />And the rule of greed's upheld-<br />That must be ended.