The slum is the measure of civilization. Jacob Riis civilizationmeasureslum Change image and share on social
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. Jacob Riis blowcrackcutter share on social
Some defeats are only installments to victory. Jacob Riis defeatinstallmentvictory Change image and share on social
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 crackhammerhundred Change image and share on social
The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense. Jacob Riis humorlivesave Change image and share on social
I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. Jacob Riis blowcrackhammer share on social
