To Sin by Silence

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To sin by silence, when we should protest,

Makes cowards out of [us]. The human race

Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised

Against injustice, ignorance, and lust,

The inquisition yet would serve the law,

And guillotines decide our least disputes.

The few who dare, must speak and speak again

To right the wrongs of many.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox