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HERO SPEECH by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: WHEN THE HERO OF THE THRESHOLD ENTERS OUR LIVES AND OUR HOUSES
Last Line: But here the nearest: this moment, this hero
Subject(s): HEROISM; HEROES; HEROINES;
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