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How the Other Half Lives (1890)
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Long ago,... it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.'... It did not know because it did not care... until some flagrant outrage on decency and the health of the community aroused it to noisy but ephemeral indignation.
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In self-defence, you know, all life eventually accommodates itself to its environment, and human life is no exception.
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Croly
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Born:
May 3, 1849
Died:
May 26, 1914
(aged 65)
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