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If i had my way, i would build a lethal chamber as big as the crystal palace, with a military band playing softly, and a cinematograph working brightly; then i'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; i would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the 'hallelujah chorus'.
-D. H. Lawrence
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If I Had My Way, I Would

D. H. Lawrence
If i had my way, i would build a lethal chamber as big as the crystal palace, with a military band playing softly, and a cinematograph working brightly; then i'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; i would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the 'hallelujah chorus'.
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