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So far from that, they are signs of their slavery. When they are no longer slaves they will claim as a matter of course that every man and every family should be generously lodged; that every child should be able to play in a garden close to the place his parents live in; that the houses should by their obvious decency and order be ornaments to Nature, not disfigurements of it; for the decency and order above mentioned when carried to the due pitch would most assuredly lead to beauty in building. SO FAR FROM THAT THEY ARE SIGNS OF THEIR SLAVERY WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER SLAVES THEY WILL CLAIM AS A MATTER OF COURSE THAT EVERY MAN AND EVERY FAMILY SHOULD BE GENEROUSLY LODGED THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY IN A GARDEN CLOSE TO THE PLACE HIS PARENTS LIVE IN THAT THE HOUSES SHOULD BY THEIR OBVIOUS DECENCY AND ORDER BE ORNAMENTS TO NATURE NOT DISFIGUREMENTS OF IT FOR THE DECENCY AND ORDER ABOVE MENTIONED WHEN CARRIED TO THE DUE PITCH WOULD MOST ASSUREDLY LEAD TO BEAUTY IN BUILDING
profit that drives us into it. It is profit which draws men into enormous unmanageable aggregations called towns, for instance; profit which crowds them up when they are there into quarters without gardens or open spaces; profit which won’t take the most ordinary precautions against wrapping a whole district in a cloud of sulphurous smoke; which turns beautiful rivers into filthy sewers; which condemns all but the rich to live in houses idiotically cramped and confined at the best, and at the worst in houses for whose wretchedness there is no name. I say it is almost incredible that we should bear such crass stupidity as this; nor should we if we could help it. We shall not bear it when the workers get out of their heads that they are but an appendage to profit-grinding, that the more profits that are made the more employment at high wages there will be for them, and that therefore all the incredible filth, disorder, and degradation of modern civilization are signs of their prosperity. HE HUNTING OF PROFIT THAT DRIVES US INTO IT IT IS PROFIT THAT DRAWS MEN INTO ENORMOUS UNMANAGEABLE AGGREGATIONS CALLED TOWNS FOR INSTANCE PROFIT WHICH CROWDS THEM UP WHEN THEY ARE THERE INTO QUARTERS WITHOUT GARDENS OR OPEN SPACES PROFIT WHICH WON TAKES THE MOST ORDINARY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST WRAPPING A WHOLE DISTRICT IN A CLOUD OF SULPHUROUS SMOKE WHICH TURNS BEAUTIFUL RIVERS INTO FILTHY SEWERS WHICH CONDEMNS ALL BUT THE RICH TO LIVE IN HOUSES IDIOTICALLY CRAMPED AND CONFINED AT THE BEST AND AT THE WORST IN HOUSES FOR WHOSE WRETCHEDNESS THERE IS NO NAME I SAY IT IS ALMOST INCREDIBLE THAT WE SHOULD BEAR SUCH CRASSED STUPIDITY AS THIS NOR SHOULD WE IF WE COULD HELP IT WE SHALL NOT BEAR IT WHEN THE WORKERS GET OUT OF THEIR HEADS THAT THEY ARE BUT AN APPENDAGE TO PROFIT GRINDING THAT THE MORE PROFITS THAT ARE MADE THE MORE EMPLOYMENT AT HIGH WAGES THERE WILL BE FOR THEM AND THAT THEREFORE ALL THE INCREDIBLE FILTH DISORDER AND DEGRADATION OF MODERN CIVILIZATIONS ARE SIGNS OF THEIR PROSPERITY
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