Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 377 |
Chapter | -- |
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A murmur of approbation from the crowd greeted these sentiments; but Owen rejoined: `But we can't both be right; if your opinions are right and mine are not, how am I to find out the truth if we never talk about them?' `Well, wot do you reckon is the cause of poverty, then?' demanded Easton. `The present system - competition - capitalism.' `It's all very well to talk like that,' snarled Crass, to whom this statement conveyed no meaning whatever. `But 'ow do you make it out?' `Well, I put it like that for the sake of shortness,' replied Owen. `Suppose some people were living in a house -' `More supposin'!' sneered Crass. `And suppose they were always ill, and |