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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 772
Chapter --
Text reserved exclusively for the enjoyment of the people in divisions one and two, while the workers subsist on block ornaments, margarine, adulterated tea, mysterious beer, and are content - only grumbling when they are unable to obtain
even such fare as this.'

Owen paused and a gloomy silence followed, but suddenly Crass brightened up. He detected a serious flaw in the lecturer's argument.

`You say the people in one and two gets all the best of everything, but what about the tramps and beggars? You've got them in division one.'

`Yes, I know. You see, that's the proper place for them. They belong to a Loafer class. They are no better mentally or morally
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