| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 193 |
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`Yes.' `And you know that those who work have to eat the very worst food, and wear the very worst clothes, and live in the very worst homes.' `Yes,' said Frankie. `And sometimes they have nothing to eat at all, and no clothes to wear except rags, and even no homes to live in.' `Yes,' repeated the child. `Well, the vicar goes about telling the Idlers that it's quite right for them to do nothing, and that God meant them to have nearly everything that is made by those who work. In fact, he tells them that God made the poor for the use of the rich. Then he goes to the workers and tells them that God meant them to work very hard and to give all the good things they make to those who do nothing, and that they should be very thankful to God and to the idlers for being allowed to have even the very worst food to eat and the rags, |
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