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I Hear It Was Charged Against Me.

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

I HEAR IT WAS CHARGED AGAINST ME.

I HEAR it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institu- 
 tions, But really I am neither for nor against institutions, (What indeed have I in common with them? or what with the  
 destruction of them?) Only I will establish in the Mannahatta and in every city of these  
 States inland and seaboard, And in the fields and woods, and above every keel little or large  
 that dents the water, Without edifices or rules or trustees or any argument, The institution of the dear love of comrades.

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

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