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If we must grind up human flesh and bones in the industrial machine that we call modern America, then, before God, I assert that those who consume the coal and you and I who benefit from that service, because we live in comfort, we owe protection to those men first and we owe security for their families if they die.

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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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