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Still the pressure of the crowds did not abate, and in the old garden where the stolid Dutch burgher grew his tulips or early cabbages a rear house was built, generally of wood, two stories high at first. Presently it was carried up another story, and another. STILL THE PRESSURE OF THE CROWDS DID NOT ABATE AND IN THE OLD GARDEN WHERE THE STOLID DUTCH BURGHER GREW HIS TULIPS OR EARLY CABBAGES A REAR HOUSE WAS BUILT GENERALLY OF WOOD TWO STORIES HIGH AT FIRST PRESENTLY IT WAS CARRIED UP ANOTHER STORY AND ANOTHER
o cover damage and abuse from tliis class, from whom nothing was expected, and the most was made of them while they lasted. Neatness, order, clean- liness, were never dreamed of in connection with the ten- ant-house system, as it spread its localities from year to year; while reckless slovenliness, discontent, piivation, and ignorance were left to work out tlieir invariable re- suits, until tlie entire premises reached the level of ten- ant-house dilapidation, containing, but sheltering not, the miserable hordes that crowded beneath mouldering, water-rotted roofs or burrowed among the rats of clammy cellars." Yet so illogical is human greed that, at a later GENESIS OF THE TENEJMENT. 9 day, when called to account, " the proprietors frequently urged the filthy habits of the tenants aa an excuse for tlie condition of their property, utterly losing sight of the fact that it was the tolerance of those habits which was the real evii, and that for this they themselves were alone ^responsible. NDED TO LAST RENTS WERE FIXED HIGH ENOUGH TO COVER DAMAGE AND ABUSE FROM THIS CLASS FROM WHOM NOTHING WAS EXPECTED AND THE MOST WAS MADE OF THEM WHILE THEY LASTED NEATNESS ORDER CLEANLINESS WERE NEVER DREAMED OF IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENANT HOUSE SYSTEM AS IT SPREAD ITS LOCALITIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHILE RECKLESS SLOVENLINESS DISCONTENT PRIVATION AND IGNORANCE WERE LEFT TO WORK OUT THEIR INVARIABLE RESULTS UNTIL THE ENTIRE PREMISES REACHED THE LEVEL OF TENANTALUS DILAPIDATION CONTAINING BUT SHELTERING NOT THE MISERABLE HORDES THAT CROWDED BENEATH MOULDERING WATER ROTTED ROOFS OR BURROWED AMONG THE RATS OF CLAMMY CELLARS AND QUOTE YET SO ILLOGICAL IS HUMAN GREED THAT AT A LATER DAY WHEN CALLED TO ACCOUNT QUOTE THE PROPRIETORS FREQUENTLY URGED THE FILTHY HABITS OF THE TENANTS AS AN EXCUSE FOR THE CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY UTTERLY LOSING SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE TOLERANCE OF THOSE HABITS WHICH WAS THE REAL EVIL AND THAT FOR THIS THEY THEMSELVES WERE ALONE RESPONSIBLE AND QUOTE
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