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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 374
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Text `I was laughing because you said you think this world is hell.' `Well, I don't see nothing to laugh at in that,' said Crass.

`So it IS a 'ell,' said Easton. `There can't be anywheres much worse than this.'

`'Ear, 'ear,' said the man behind the moat.

`What I was laughing at is this,' said Owen. `The present system of managing the affairs of the world is so bad and has produced such dreadful results that you are of the opinion that the earth is a hell: and yet you are a Conservative! You wish to preserve the present system - the system which has made the world into a hell!'

`I thought we shouldn't get through the dinner hour without politics if Owen was 'ere,' growled Bundy. `Bloody sickenin' I call it.'
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