Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 1575 |
Chapter | -- |
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`The self-styled "Christian" priests who say - with their tongues in their cheeks - that God is our Father and that all men are brethren, have succeeded in convincing the majority of the "brethren" that it is their duty to be content in their degradation, and to order themselves lowly and reverently towards their masters. Your resentment should be directed against the deceivers, not against the dupes.' The other man laughed bitterly. `Well, go and try to undeceive them,' he said, as he returned to the platform in response to a call from his associates. `Go and try to teach them that the Supreme Being made the earth and all its fullness for the use and benefit of all His children. Go and try to explain to them that they are poor in body and mind and social condition, not because of any natural inferiority, but because they have been robbed of their |