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It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be. — Frank McKinney Hubbard

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It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be.

Frank McKinney Hubbard
1911
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PovertyDignity
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1911
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Frank McKinney Hubbard
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Hubbard, Kin. "Short Furrows." News, c. 1911.

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