<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373807" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Harry Carey Goodhue</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You never marveled, dullards of Spoon River, <br>When Chase Henry voted against the saloons <br>To revenge himself for being shut off. <br>But none of you was keen enough <br>To follow my steps, or trace me home <br>As Chase's spiritual brother. <br>Do you remember when I fought <br>The bank and the courthouse ring, <br>For pocketing the interest on public funds? <br>And when I fought our leading citizens <br>For making the poor the pack-horses of the taxes? <br>And when I fought the water-works <br>For stealing streets and raising rates? <br>And when I fought the business men <br>Who fought me in these fights? <br>Then do you remember: <br>That staggering up from the wreck of defeat, <br>And the wreck of a ruined career, <br>I slipped from my cloak my last ideal, <br>Hidden from all eyes until then, <br>Like the cherished jawbone of an ass, <br>And smote the bank and the water works, <br>And the business men with prohibition, <br>And made Spoon River pay the cost <br>Of the fights that I had lost?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edgar+Lee+Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373807" data-title="Harry Carey Goodhue de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="You never marveled, dullards of Spoon River, When Chase Henry voted against the saloons To revenge himself for being shut off. But none of you was keen enough To follow my steps, or trace me home As Chase's spiritual brother. Do you remember..."></div> </div> </div>

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