Five Points in Popular Culture
The Japanese manga Green Blood (グリーン ブラッド Goriin Buraado) by Kakizaki Masaumi takes place in Five Points and surrounding Sixth District after the end of the Civil War and at the start of the Industrial Revolution. The main plot revolves around the gangs and debauchery of the area around that time, showing just how bad it was during the heyday of Five Points.
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“We only part to meet again.
Change, as ye list, ye winds: my heart shall be
The faithful compass that still points to thee.”
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“Cynicism makes things worse than they are in that it makes permanent the current condition, leaving us with no hope of transcending it. Idealism refuses to confront reality as it is but overlays it with sentimentality. What cynicism and idealism share in common is an acceptance of reality as it is but with a bad conscience.”
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