Prostrate State

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    So spake our Father penitent; nor Eve
    Felt less remorse. They, forthwith to the place
    Repairing where he judged them, prostrate fell
    Before him reverent, and both confessed
    Humbly their faults, and pardon begged, with tears
    Watering the ground, and with their sighs the air
    Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign
    Of sorrow unfeigned and humiliation meek.
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.
    —For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)