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Jacob A. Riis

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Born 1849 in Ribe · Died 1914 in Barre

writer, journalist · United States, Kingdom of Denmark

Notable works: How the Other Half Lives, The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic

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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

From Project Gutenberg e-text #45502 (public domain in the USA).

Long ago it was said that "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives." That was true then. It did not know because it did not care.

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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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