| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 769 |
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And all these people in numbers three and four are so fully occupied in this dreadful struggle to secure a little, that but few of them pause to inquire why there are not more of the things they are fighting for, or why it is necessary to fight like this at all!' For a few minutes silence prevailed, each man's mind being busy trying to think of some objection to the lecturer's arguments. `How could the small number of people in number one and two consume as much as you've given 'em in your drorin'?' demanded Crass. `They don't actually consume all of it,' replied Owen. `Much of it is wantonly wasted. They also make fortunes by selling some of it in foreign countries; but they consume a great part of it themselves, because the amount of labour expended on the things enjoyed by these people is greater than that expended in |
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