| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 775 |
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four produce everything, don't they?' `Yes; we knows all about that,' interrupted Harlow. `But they gets paid for it, don't they? They gets their wages.' `Yes, and what does their wages consist of?' said Owen. `Why, money, of course,' replied Harlow, impatiently. And what do they do with their money when they get it? Do they eat it, or drink it, or wear it?' At this apparently absurd question several of those who had hitherto been attentive listeners laughed derisively; it was really very difficult to listen patiently to such nonsense. `Of course they don't,' answered Harlow scornfully. `They buy the things they want with it.' |
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