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Chants Democratic.
:Let us all, without missing one, be exposed in public, naked, monthly, at the peril of our lives! Let our bodies be freely handled and examined by whoever chooses!
- Let nothing but copies, pictures, statues, reminiscences, elegant works, be permitted to exist upon the earth!
- Let the earth desert God, nor let there ever henceforth be mentioned the name of God!
- Let there be no God!
- Let there be money, business, imports, exports, custom, authority, precedents, pallor, dyspepsia, smut, ignorance, unbelief!
- Let judges and criminals be transposed! Let the prison-keepers be put in prison! Let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say! why might they not just as well be transposed?)
- Let the slaves be masters! Let the masters become slaves!
- Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever bawling! Let an idiot or insane person appear on each of the stands!
- Let the Asiatic, the African, the European, the American and the Australian, go armed against the murderous stealthiness of each other! Let them sleep armed! Let none believe in good-will!
- Let there be no unfashionable wisdom! Let such be scorned and derided off from the earth!
- Let a floating cloud in the sky—Let a wave of the sea—Let one glimpse of your eye-sight upon the landscape or grass—Let growing mint, spinach, onions, tomatoes—Let these be exhibited as shows at a great price for admission!
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