Quote#Money & Wealth
We have, in our Slum Cities, manufactured a Poverty which, instead of…
Quote byHenry Scott Holland · 1847–1918
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Our Neighbors (1911).
English (original)
We have, in our Slum Cities, manufactured a Poverty which, instead of bracing and disciplining our manhood into higher service, tends only to maim and stunt and discredit and degrade it.
— Henry Scott Holland
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