From Timon of Athens (Act IV, Scene III) by William Shakespeare. Upton Sinclair, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice

Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

From Timon of Athens (Act IV, Scene III)

By William Shakespeare


GOLD? yellow, glittering, precious gold?…
This yellow slave
Will knit and break religions; bless the accursed;
Make the hoar leprosy adored; place thieves,
And give them title, knee and approbation	5
With senators on the bench.