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 The Land Question

(English prelate of the Catholic Church, 1808-1892)

The land question means hunger, thirst, nakedness, notice to quit, labor spent in vain, the toil of years seized upon, the breaking up of homes; the misery, sickness, deaths of parents, children, wives; the despair and wildness which springs up in the hearts of the poor, when legal force, like a sharp harrow, goes over the most sensitive and vital rights of mankind. All this is contained in the land question.

The Lady Poverty

(Contemporary American poet)

I met her on the Umbrian Hills, Her hair unbound, her feet unshod; As one whom secret glory fills She walked alone—with God.

I met her in the city street; Oh, changed her aspect then! With heavy eyes and weary feet She walked alone—with men.