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Upton Sinclair

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Born 1878 in Baltimore · Died 1968 in Bound Brook

writer, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist · United States

Notable works: The Jungle, King Coal, Oil!

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The Jungle

From Project Gutenberg e-text #140 (public domain in the USA).

“They use everything about the hog except the squeal.”

— Spoken by a character · Chapter III

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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.

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