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“Every problem born of our poverty brought with it a sense of impotence: No escape, no help, anywhere!”

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Rose Pastor Stokes

Rose Pastor Stokes was an American writer born on July 18, 1879, and died on June 20, 1933. She was a prominent figure in the Progressive Era American literature, known for her works that focused on social justice and women's rights. more

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Author:Rose Pastor Stokes

“Whether you believe in a creed, or what you call religion, or not, there is something in Socialism that must move you. How can you love God, whom you have not seen, if you do not love your fellow man, whom you have seen?”

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“I feel that women of my kind are a profound mistake. There have been few women poets of distinction, and, if we count only the suicides of Sappho, Lawrence Hope and Charlotte Mew, their despair rate has been very high.”

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“Officialdom is hostile to inquiring outsiders.”

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Book:The View From The Ground

Source: The View From The Ground

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“the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world.”

World Lasts Conscience Protection Civilized

Book:The View From The Ground

Source: The View From The Ground

“We lisp in numbers, in the U.S. We are deluged by ample, often mysterious statistics. ... Like many in this country, I have come to regard statistics with doubt and merely as a hint of the probable shape of fact.”

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Book:The View From The Ground

Source: The View From The Ground

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Book:The View From The Ground

Source: The View From The Ground

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Book:The View From The Ground

Source: The View From The Ground

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Source: The View From The Ground