Chains Quote by Edwin Markham

“Three were the fates. Poverty that chains; gray drudgery that grinds the hope away, and gaping ignorance that starves the soul.”

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Chains Drudgery Fate Gray Grind Hope Ignorance Poverty Soul Three

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