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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 746
Chapter --
Text There are many different classes of people, engaged in a great number of different occupations. Some of them are helping to produce the benefits of civilization, and some are not. All these people help to consume these things, but when we inquire into their occupations we shall find that although the
majority are workers, only a comparatively small number are engaged in actually producing either the benefits of civilization or the necessaries of life.' ...
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