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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 707
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Text `It's not a question of what we would do,' chimed in Harlow. `It's a question of what's fair. If it's not fair for Crass to pick all the soft jobs for 'imself and leave all the rough for others, the fact that we might do the same if we 'ad the chance don't make it right.'

`No one can be blamed for doing the best he can for himself under existing circumstances,' said Owen in reply to Slyme's questioning look. That is the principle of the present system - every man for himself and the devil take the rest.
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