Along the smoothly polished metal of the rails darted reddish rays of light, outstripping Klimkov. They glared more and more fiercely. Now glowing strips to each side of him ran impetuously into the distance, directing his course.
"I will—" he yelled, waving his hands.
Something hard and wide struck his back. He fell across the sleepers between the red cords of rail, and the harsh iron rumble crushed his feeble screams.
The design on the cover is taken from Gorky's book-plate, drawn by Ephraim Mose Lilien. It is reproduced from an illustration in "The New Art of an Ancient People," by M. S. Levussove, New York, 1906.
"The torch which all the Prophets from Moses to Jesus bore aloft is to-day being borne onward by Socialist agitators."
The Spiritual Significance of Modern Socialism
By JOHN SPARGO
Author of "The Bitter Cry of the Children"
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