“There is nothing in the prospect of a sharp, unceasing battle for the bare necessities of life to encourage looking ahead, everything to discourage the effort….The evil day of reckoning is put off till a to-morrow that may never come. When it does come…it simply adds another hardship to a life measured from the cradle by such incidents.” PovertyOptimismBare Necessities Book:Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Source: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City