Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

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    “If Mary came would Mary
    Forgive, as Mothers may,
    And sad and second Saviour
    Furnish us today?”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “They own Spode, Lowestoft, candelabra,
    Mantels, and hostess gowns, and sunburst clocks,
    Turtle soup, Chippendale, red stain “hangings,”
    Aubussons and Hattie Carnegie.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Radicalism is the opium of the middle class.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)