Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Slave
By James Oppenheim
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Then he was as much of a slave as ever.
He was still manacled to indolence and sloth,
He was still bound by fear and superstition,
By ignorance, suspicion, and savagery …
His slavery was not in the chains,
But in himself …
And there is no need of that:
Free men set themselves free.