never knows one ray oflight. From the hour when they crawl from their comfortless bed tothe hour when they lounge back into it again they never live onemoment of real life. Recreation, amusement, companionship, they knownot the meaning of. Joy, sorrow, laughter, tears, love, friendship,longing,New York Red Bulls Dres, despair,Miehet Parajumpers Maine Suomi, are idle words to them. From the day when theirbaby eyes first look out upon their sordid world to the day when, withan oath, they close them forever and their bones are shoveled out ofsight, they never warm to one touch of human sympathy, never thrill toa single thought, never start to a single hope. In the name of theGod of mercy; let them pour the maddening liquor down their throatsand feel for one brief moment that they live!
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