| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 227 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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`On the contrary, when the workers arrived in the morning they wished it was breakfast-time. When they resumed work after breakfast they wished it was dinner-time. After dinner they wished it was one o'clock on Saturday. So they went on, day after day, year after year, wishing their time was over and, without realizing it, really wishing that they were dead. How extraordinary this must appear to those idealists who believe in `work for work's sake', but who themselves do nothing but devour or use and enjoy or waste the things that are produced by the labour of those others who are not themselves permitted to enjoy a fair share of the good things they help to create? Crass poured several lots of colour into several pots. `Harlow,' he said, `you and Sawkins, when he comes, can go up and do the top bedrooms out with this colour. You'll find a couple of |
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