In the late Middle Ages there were, no doubt, many persons in monasteries and convents who had no business there and should have been out in the worl… - W. H. Auden

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In the late Middle Ages there were, no doubt, many persons in monasteries and convents who had no business there and should have been out in the world earning an honest living, but today it may very well be that there are many persons trying to earn a living in the world and driven by failure into mental homes whose true home would be the cloister.