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As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.
— William O. Douglas
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Oppression, this warns, arrives like dusk: gradually, without any single moment you can point to. That's why it urges paying attention to faint changes in the air during the twilight stage, so people notice what's happening before the darkness is complete.
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