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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 395
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Text paid whether you're workin' or not.'

`Yes, that's enough,' said Harlow impatiently; `but you gets value for yer money: you can't expect to get a 'ouse for nothing.'

`Suppose we admits as it's wrong, just for the sake of argyment,' said Crass in a jeering tone. `Wot then? Wot about it? 'Ow's it agoin' to be altered.'

`Yes!' cried Harlow triumphantly. `That's the bloody question! 'Ow's it goin' to be altered? It can't be done!'

There was a general murmur of satisfaction. Nearly everyone seemed very pleased to think that the existing state of things could not possibly be altered.

`Whether it can be altered or not, whether it's right or wrong, landlordism is one of the causes of poverty,' Owen repeated. `Poverty
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