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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 1270
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Text is very evident that Mr Grinder thinks that we are fools.

`Occasionally it happens, through one or more of a hundred different circumstances over which he has no control, or through some error of judgement, that after many years of laborious mental work an employer is overtaken by misfortune, and finds himself no better and even worse off than when he started; but these are exceptional cases, and even if he becomes absolutely bankrupt he is no worse off than the majority of the workmen.

`At the same time it is quite true that the real interests of employers and workmen are the same, but not in the sense that Mr
Grinder would have us believe. Under the existing system of society but a very few people, no matter how well off they may be, can be
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