I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough. (Lucy Larcom)

I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough.

Lucy Larcom

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