Poor Condition

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“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people.... They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.”
—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)