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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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CHAPTER EX

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Paul Laurence Dunbar·1872–1906·modernist literature
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o great has been our absorption in the careers of Fred Brent, Miss Prime,and Eliphalet Hodges that we have sadly neglected some of the characterswhose acquaintance we made at the beginning of our story. But nature andTime have been kinder,—or more cruel, if you will. They have neitherpassed over nor neglected them. They have combined with trouble andhard work to kill one of Fred's earliest friends. Melissa Davis is no more,and the oldest girl, Sophy, supplements her day's work of saleswoman in a 46
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