| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 196 |
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The vicar teaches that the way to deal with those that injure us is to have them put into prison, or - if they belong to some other country - to take guns and knives and murder them, and burn their houses. So you see the vicar doesn't really believe or do any of the things that Jesus said: he only pretends.' `But why does he pretend, and go about talking like that, Mum? What does he do it for?' `Because he wishes to live without working himself, dear.' `And don't the people know he's only pretending?' `Some of them do. Most of the idlers know that what the vicar says is not true, but they pretend to believe it, and give him money for saying it, because they want him to go on telling it to the workers so that they will go on working and keep quiet and be afraid to think for themselves.' |
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