| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 749 |
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The sound roused Owen, who resumed: `All these people help to consume the things produced by labour. We will now divide them into separate classes. Those who help to produce; those who do nothing, those who do harm, and those who are engaged in unnecessary work.' `And,' sneered Crass, `those who are engaged in unnecessary talk.' `First we will separate those who not only do nothing, but do not even pretend to be of any use; people who would consider themselves disgraced if they by any chance did any useful work. This class includes tramps, beggars, the "Aristocracy", "Society" people, great landowners, and generally all those possessed of hereditary wealth.' As he spoke he drew a vertical line across one end of the oblong. |
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