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 Like beasts of burden would they load us, Like gods would bid their slaves adore, But Man is Man, and who is more? Then shall they longer lash and goad us? (Chorus)

O Liberty! can man resign thee, Once having felt thy generous flame? Can dungeons' bolts and bars confine thee, Or whips thy noble spirit tame? Too long the world has wept bewailing, That Falsehood's dagger tyrants wield; But Freedom is our sword and shield, And all their arts are unavailing! (Chorus)

Trial for High Treason

(From "My Life")

(A German woodworker, 1840-1912, who founded the Social-democratic party, and guided it for fifty years. In the following passage from his memoirs he tells of his first imprisonment, as a part of Bismarck's long campaign to destroy the Socialist movement in Germany)

The jury comprised six tradesmen, one aristocratic landowner, one head forester, and a few small landowners. The court was crowded every day. The Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General were present on several occasions. As the leading papers of Germany gave extensive reports of the trial, their readers became for the first time aware of what Socialism meant and at what it aimed. The trial thus became eminently service