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In the evening I came home and read about the Messina earthquake, and how the relief ships arrived, and the wretched survivors crowded down to the wa… - Upton Sinclair
" "In the evening I came home and read about the Messina earthquake, and how the relief ships arrived, and the wretched survivors crowded down to the water's edge and tore each other like wild beasts in their rage of hunger. The paper set forth, in horrified language, that some of them had been seventy-two hours without food. I, as I read, had also been seventy-two hours without food; and the difference was simply that they thought they were starving.
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About Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (20 September 1878 – 25 November 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote in many genres, often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Clarke Fitch
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Arthur Stirling
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Frederick Garrison
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Upton Beall Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair Jr.
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