"The only asylum Was the poorhouse, and thosewho……" — Robert Frost

"The only asylum Was the poorhouse, and thosewho could afford, Rather than send their folks to such a place, Kept them at home; and it does seem more human. But it's not so: the place is theasylum. There they have every means proper to do with, And you aren't darkening other people's lives...."

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