Ward Bishop

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    ... too much attention is paid to dress by those who have neither the excuse of ample means nor of social claims.... The injury done by this state of things to the morals and the manners of our lower classes is incalculable.
    —Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

    Apparently they have reached their destination.
    It would be hard to say what brought them there,
    commerce or contemplation.
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)