Jacob Riis Quotes

The slum is the measure of civilization.
Jacob Riis

Some defeats are only installments to victory.
Jacob Riis

Victory, Defeats

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Jacob Riis

Rock, Help, Nothing

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Biography

Nationality: Danish

Type: Journalist

Born: May 3, 1849

Died: March 26, 1914

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