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But you may say, though it is certain that some of the wealth owners, as landlords, holders of funds, and the like do nothing, yet there are many of them who work hard. BUT YOU MAY SAY THOUGH IT IS CERTAIN THAT SOME OF THE WEALTH OWNERS AS LANDLORDS HOLDERS OF FUNDS AND THE LIKE DO NOTHING YET THERE ARE MANY OF THEM WHO WORK HARD
 or go to the prison called the workhouse. This is why the masters at the present day are able to dispense with the exercise of obvious violence which in bygone times they used towards their slaves. This then is the first distinction between the two great classes of modern Society: the upper class possesses wealth, the lower lacks wealth; but there is another distinction to which I will now draw your attention: the class which lacks wealth is the class that produces it, the class that possesses it does not produce it, it consumes it only. If by any chance the so-called lower class were to perish or leave the community, production of wealth would come to a standstill, until the wealth-owners had learned how to produce, until they had descended from their position, and had taken the place of their former slaves. If on the contrary, the wealth-owners were to disappear, production of wealth would at the worst be only hindered for awhile, and probably would go on pretty much as it does now. ULD HAVE TO STARVE OR GO TO THE PRISON CALLED THE WORKHOUSE THIS IS WHY THE MASTERS AT THE PRESENT DAY ARE ABLE TO DISPENSE WITH THE EXERCISE OF OBVIOUS VIOLENCE WHICH IN BYGONE TIMES THEY USE TOWARDS THEIR SLAVES THIS THEN IS THE FIRST DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT CLASSES OF MODERN SOCIETY THE UPPER CLASS POSSESSES WEALTH THE LOWER LACKS WEALTH BUT THERE IS ANOTHER DISTINCTION TO WHICH I WILL NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THE CLASS WHICH LACKS WEALTH IS THE CLASS THAT PRODUCES IT THE CLASS THAT POSSESSES IT DOES NOT PRODUCE IT IT CONSUMES IT ONLY IF BY ANY CHANCE THE SO CALLED LOWER CLASS WERE TO PERISH OR LEAVE THE COMMUNITY PRODUCTION OF WEALTH WOULD COME TO A STANDSTILL UNTIL THE WEALTH OWNERS HAD LEARNED HOW TO PRODUCE UNTIL THEY HAD DESCENDED FROM THEIR POSITION AND HAD TAKEN THE PLACE OF THEIR FORMER SLAVES IF ON THE CONTRARY THE WEALTH OWNERS WERE TO DISAPPEAR PRODUCTION OF WEALTH WOULD AT THE WORST BE ONLY HINDERED FOR A WHILE AND PROBABLY WOULD GO ON PRETTY MUCH AS IT DOES NOW
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