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"Where two families had lived ten moved in. The front house followed suit, if the brick walls were strong enough. WHERE TWO FAMILIES HAD LIVED TEN MOVED IN THE FRONT HOUSE FOLLOWED SUIT IF THE BRICK WALLS WERE STRONG ENOUGH
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." 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. 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 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
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