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Poem
December 30, 1944
The Guardian
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
A prose piece titled 'The Foe Within' warns of internal traitors in the battle for justice, comparing them to moles and snakes, more dangerous than outspoken enemies. They betray for personal gain, endangering rights. By Llewellyn Lewis.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
The Foe Within
In our battle for justice we must realize that there are thousands of traitors within our ranks—men and women who, having mortgaged their own craven souls to our enemies, are willing and anxious to sell out our group for a mess of pottage. In myriads of instances they have already done so. Many of these beings are like moles which burrow beneath the surface, and they have by their pernicious activities placed the entire structure of our rights in peril. The vilest, cruelest, most brutal, craftiest, most cold-blooded outspoken enemy is far less dangerous than the vile, crafty, slinking, snake-like burrowing foe within!
—LLEWELLYN LEWIS
In our battle for justice we must realize that there are thousands of traitors within our ranks—men and women who, having mortgaged their own craven souls to our enemies, are willing and anxious to sell out our group for a mess of pottage. In myriads of instances they have already done so. Many of these beings are like moles which burrow beneath the surface, and they have by their pernicious activities placed the entire structure of our rights in peril. The vilest, cruelest, most brutal, craftiest, most cold-blooded outspoken enemy is far less dangerous than the vile, crafty, slinking, snake-like burrowing foe within!
—LLEWELLYN LEWIS
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Political
Moral Virtue
Liberty Independence
What keywords are associated?
Foe Within
Internal Traitors
Battle For Justice
Betrayal
Enemies Within Ranks
What entities or persons were involved?
Llewellyn Lewis
Poem Details
Title
The Foe Within
Author
Llewellyn Lewis
Subject
Warning Against Internal Traitors In The Battle For Justice
Form / Style
Prose Rhetoric
Key Lines
The Vilest, Cruelest, Most Brutal, Craftiest, Most Cold Blooded Outspoken Enemy Is Far Less Dangerous Than The Vile, Crafty, Slinking, Snake Like Burrowing Foe Within!