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"I must confine myself to few examples,but am ready to furnish other and more complete details,if required.If my pictures are displeasing,coarse,and severe,my subjects must be recollected,offer no tranquil,refined,or composing features.The condition of human beings,reduced to the extremest states of degradation and misery,cannot be exhibited in softened language,or adorn a polished page.I proceed,gentlemen,briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons,confined within this Commonwealth,in cages,closets,cellars,stalls,pens! Chained,naked,beaten with rods,and lashed into obedience."
Dorothea Dix,1843
-Many reforms of the antebellum period were caused by


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Good X

A generic term often used in economic models to represent a specific product or commodity in the market.

Market Baskets

A collection of goods and services used as a standard way of tracking the cost of living or inflation over time.

Preferences

In economics, this refers to the ordering of alternatives based on their utility, showing the subjective tastes and choices of individuals.

Complete

Fully accomplished or having all necessary parts or steps.

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