The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
! BY Maxim Gorky;..

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Copyright. 1905. BY 2: pplet on g CO. 20
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s.5 This article In its entirety will appear
q IN the August issue OF Appleton's Maya
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sSs 4 ;335S q RAY mist hung over land and
3tf S33 saa ~ nd 81 fine rain sfivered down
w ,,nnn the somber buildings Of the
y civ and the turbid waters q me !,
ID y The enigrants gathered 70 one pc. s W
ofi'tha steamer. They looked apous -
81 ,antiv nd seriously, with eager eyes, " !,
which cleaned hope ana 81 n '
n Joy. a.,3 4. y, . ,,o,,s, Girl H, a
tnns ~ = ma cement, pointing TO the status .
VI - iii iherty S Some one from the cr s.
Il answered briefly: The Anaerlca 81
a dess. X II. ~ M $fae,-s
looked at this goddess with Inc .lee.,
hi, az an idolater. Before my me l IloI
flashed tho brilliant names q S.
4 I JEFFERSON and OF Grant. 81 i.
B,s' 1.-THE land Of liberty!i, T repeatea .to
,,,vaaIf not mo ticing on that GLORIOUS u t
y the green rust oR tho dark pr i zs.
E3sI knew even then that The "a " ar. ios
the Abolition Of Slavery Is now. ca.,eu
~ America 9Th War for the Ples ,,n,,,
ton Of the Union But d'a ny
dean n meaning, that the passsslio'n ~! :,
8,deaiIsm OF the young democralcsy54n l.ll
ieaa's covered with rust, like the
hronza statue, eating away the SOU MI ~.
~ "a corrosive Of commercial MS nc ne
sansel ess N craving for mon q q \. Wy, t1'e
shameful craving for the oHler ny,
money gives, disease rom I, wi '.sat
people suffer every re-. 3uts 49,, VA = a.
& realize that this dread disease nag w
x .,In,ed such proportions in Amerl ca.tS3,'i
The Ire admill Of Toll.
The tempestuous turmoil Of We o p ~ me
~ tar a the foot Of the Statue OF Liperty,9
and Ia the city on the Shore sta gge cry
s8tha mind and fills one with q sense Z, q
K ;r,notence Everywhere, like n antedilu-
,,;a : m ters, huge, heavy teamers ploW
e ma waters of the ocean; title boats ana
u r,,tters scurry about like hungry plras q. q
prey, The iron seems endoWea Z WIZ WV
nerves, life and consclous y ess !, I,
,ha stones. the wood and water, and even
VI ~ neoplet themselves, are full or protest
spa mat this life In the fog, this NE de- (
setd ~ am song and Joy; this litegln
s,h U "a ntlvity Of hard toll. EVERYWHERE
+. toll. everything + is caught Up IN y, s,iits
Ehlrlwnd, everybody opeys Inc VII.
some mysterious power hos TIE y g 't'A'
& and to nature, = ~, y. ~
4 seen, unreasoning machine, N W'''ctl ~
+ 8 hut an insignificant screw y! ~, u vi
u * love energy adore Az 2 W. va
when men expena this 81, crea aestrua !G9
OF theirs for their own u et,nrt ae5
Il rhere is too much labor and e e,1'2 ~,
no life In all3this chaos, In all TINS ,, n9Nts
Il for the sake Of place OF bread, llT -
where We see around us the WorK uL,' -
/ mind which has made OF hu! ,,, Nor
.ort Of hsll, a senseless treadmill Of lpo ~
Az but nowilare do we feel the pealE y, ~
free creation, the disinterested Ms ~ ~
The spirit which beautlfles life WI sa ,,'''
perlshable flowers of life-giylng fset'
\ independence a Phantfq7'''
81 Far out on the shore. silent a. GARY =
log. Z, Rectangular. n with no fslre u /, y
@ hs beautiful, these duh. WV II. p W.
az Else up into the sky stern, lcnees. W.
Y md morose. In the windoY o. sHe ~
prisons there are no floWg, q a 9 ]. = ny
Ihildren are anywhere seen ihsse s!F F,te
lures elevate the price OF laf V thels ~,
rs LOFTY as their tops, blI ae f Rasas We
issts to dapths as low as le'F foA l haaf q