destitution
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Destitution, he said in effect, is just around the corner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Destitution of early religious instruction, generally leads to an entire indifference to the whole subject.
From The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. by Dickinson, Austin
Destitution is as it were the egg from which pestilence is hatched.
From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Booth-Tucker, Commissioner
Destitution could not be more complete, and the horror was to find it, not round the corner, not at the door, but in the very house, and, worse, to know that it deserved no pity.
From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
Destitution is fearfully prolific; this is shown by statistics.
From Socialism by Mill, John Stuart
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