His cell was a chrysalis, from which his soul came forth with unfurled wings.
Defeat cannot come to such a man as Debs. His triumphal return to Chicago after his release from Woodstock jail is neither paralleled nor approximated in all history except by Napoleon’s victorious march upon Paris after his escape from Elba.
The kindest thing ever done to Debs was the act of his enemies. The greatest blessing mankind has received was bestowed by those who sought to enslave it.
When it sentenced Debs to jail, Capitalism signed its own death warrant.
Debs’ career from November 22, 1895, to July 28, 1907, spanning the years from Woodstock to Boise, forms the seven-hued bow of proletarian promise.
Here Comes a Man
By George Bicknell
Here comes a man with one free call;
He shouts aloud nor does he fear
The foolish threat of deafened ear;