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Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.as wbr's resident photographer i am privileged to see firsthand the impact bicycles have on the lives of our recipients.why does the author include this excerpt?

How can you sit there calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble i cant make out you seen to me to be perfectly heartless who said this quote

How does edward covey attempt to break douglass’s spirit?