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Source: The Poems Of Wilfred Owen
“Men of measured merriment! Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment, the men with measured merriment, oh, damn their measured merriment, and DAMN their careful smiles!”
— Sinclair Lewis, book Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith (1925), Ch. 25
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