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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 765
Chapter --
Text The lecturer now drew a small square upon the wall below the other drawing. This square he filled in solid black.


`This represents the total amount of the benefits of civilization and necessaries of life produced by the people in number four. We now proceed to "Share Out" the things in the same way as they are actually divided amongst the different classes of the population under the present imbecile system.

`As the people in divisions one and two are universally considered to be the most worthy and deserving we give them - two-thirds of the whole.

`The remainder we give to be "Shared Out" amongst the people represented by divisions three and four.

`Now you mustn't run away with the idea that the people in three and four take their share quietly and divide the
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