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  • In his only overtly political novel, Henry James addressed themes that would resonate down the 20th century: Downtrodden workers relatively satisfied with prevailing social arrangements are treated as human lab rats by an assortment of reformers and revolutionaries.

    May Day Reading: Books on Labor 2011

  • I wonder if Abe Foxman, Great Defender Of The Downtrodden will release a retroactive apology to the Canaanites for this?

    Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009

  • Downtrodden public school children, otherwise destined to fail, are saved!

    Super Teachers Alone Can't Save Our Schools Steven Brill 2011

  • Downtrodden Daughter-in-law jolly well better appreciate it, too.

    Starting from Scratch Susan Gilbert-Collins 2010

  • Think how this Downtrodden Daughter-in-law person will find it reassuring: if someone insecure about cooking can make a perfect soufflé every time, then maybe she can, too.

    Starting from Scratch Susan Gilbert-Collins 2010

  • Downtrodden children predictably grow up to hurt their own offspring in an endless cycle of abuse, she wrote, and sometimes -- as in the extreme case of Adolf Hitler -- they grow up to do far more damage.

    Alice Miller, psychoanalyst and author, dies at 87 2010

  • Downtrodden children predictably grow up to hurt their own offspring in an endless cycle of abuse, she wrote, and sometimes -- as in the extreme case of Adolf Hitler -- they grow up to do far more damage.

    Alice Miller, psychoanalyst and author, dies at 87 2010

  • Untangling myself from the lotus position after trying to meditate, or hoisting myself from the pew after trying to pray, I would self-righteously declare that it was more important to do something useful for the Poor and Downtrodden than to sit around praying.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

  • Untangling myself from the lotus position after trying to meditate, or hoisting myself from the pew after trying to pray, I would self-righteously declare that it was more important to do something useful for the Poor and Downtrodden than to sit around praying.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

  • Untangling myself from the lotus position after trying to meditate, or hoisting myself from the pew after trying to pray, I would self-righteously declare that it was more important to do something useful for the Poor and Downtrodden than to sit around praying.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

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