hard with his body; and because he had opened
the books, and been caught up by the fires of the
spirit, and could write a letter like a lawyer, he
had been selected by his fellows to toil hard for
them with his brain... He became a leader of the
fruit-porters, represented the dockers on the Lon
don Trades Council, and wrote trenchant articles
for the labor journals.

He did not cringe to other men, even though
they were his economic masters and controlled the
means whereby he lived, and he spoke his mind,
freely, and fought the good fight. In the Great
Dock Strike he was guilty of taking a leading part.
And that was the end of Dan Cullen. From that day
he was a marked man, a,nd every day, for ten years
and more, he was paid off for what he had done.

A docker is a casual laborer. Work ebbs and
flows, and he works or does not work according to
the amount of goods on hand to be moved, Dan
Cullen was discriminated against. While he was
not absolutely turned away (which would have
caused trouble, and which would certainly have
been more merciful), he was called in by the fore
man to do not more than two or three days work
per week. This is what is called being disci
plined, or drilled. It means being starved.
There is no politer word. Ten years of it broke
his heart, and broken-hearted men cannot live.

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