| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 385 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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`Well, I never knowed it was round before,' jeered Crass. `I've heard as the WORLD is round -' `I never said it was the shape - I said it was supposed to REPRESENT England.' `Oh, I see. I thought we'd very soon begin supposin'.' `The two black squares,' continued Owen, `represent the people who live in the country. The small square represents a few thousand people. The large square stands for the remainder - about forty millions - that is, the majority.' `We ain't sich bloody fools as to think that the largest number is the minority,' interrupted Crass. `The greater number of the people represented by the large black square work for their living: and in return for their labour they receive money: some more, some less than others.' You don't think they'd be sick bloody fools to work for nothing |
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