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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. So far from that, they are signs of their slavery. 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 SO FAR FROM THAT THEY ARE SIGNS OF THEIR SLAVERY
s a mere misery that man has ever existed. I do not think it possible under the present circumstances to speak too strongly on this point. I feel sure that the time will come when people will find it difficult to believe that a rich community such as ours, having such command over external Nature, could have submitted to live such a mean, shabby, dirty life as we do. And once for all, there is nothing in our circumstances save the hunting of 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. ORLD TO GO ON IT IS A MERE MISERY THAT MAN HAS EVER EXISTED I DO NOT THINK IT POSSIBLE UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO SPEAK TOO STRONGLY ON THIS POINT I FEEL SURE THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN PEOPLE WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT A RICH COMMUNITY SUCH AS OURS HAVING SUCH COMMAND OVER EXTERNAL NATURE COULD HAVE SUBMITTED TO LIVE SUCH A MEAN SHABBY DIRTY LIFE AS WE DO AND ONCE FOR ALL THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES SAVE THE 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
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