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Abiding parishioners are wont to be either very poor or established in a moderate prosperity; they lack enterprise, either for good or ill: if comfortably off, they owe it, as a rule, to some predecessor's exertion. ABIDING PARISHIONERS ARE WONT TO BE EITHER VERY POOR OR ESTABLISHED IN A MODERATE PROSPERITY THEY LACK ENTERPRISE EITHER FOR GOOD OR ILL IF COMFORTABLY OFF THEY OWE IT AS A RULE TO SOME PREDECESSOR'S EXERTION
eye fell upon the name of some such newspaper as the _Battersea Times_, the _Camberwell Mercury_, or the _Islington Gazette_. To him, these and the like districts are nothing more than compass points of the huge metropolis. He may be in practice acquainted with them; if historically inclined, he may think of them as old-time villages swallowed up by insatiable London; but he has never grasped the fact that in Battersea, Camberwell, Islington, there are people living who name these places as their home; who are born, subsist, and die there as though in a distinct town, and practically without consciousness of its obliteration in the map of a world capital. The stable element of this population consists of more or less old-fashioned people. Round about them is the ceaseless coming and going of nomads who keep abreast with the time, who take their lodgings by the week, their houses by the month; who camp indifferently in regions old and new, learning their geography in train and tram-car. WHEN BY RARE CHANCE HIS EYE FELL UPON THE NAME OF SOME SUCH NEWSPAPER AS THE BATTERSEA TIMES THE CAMBERWELL MERCURY OR THE ISLINGTON GAZETTE TO HIM THESE AND THE LIKE DISTRICTS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN COMPASS POINTS OF THE HUGE METROPOLIS HE MAY BE IN PRACTICE ACQUAINTED WITH THEM IF HISTORICALLY INCLINED HE MAY THINK OF THEM AS OLD TIME VILLAGES SWALLOWED UP BY THE INSATIABLE LONDON BUT HE HAS NEVER GRASPED THE FACT THAT IN BATTERSEE CAMEMERWELL ISLINGTON THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING WHO NAME THESE PLACES AS THEIR HOME WHO ARE BORN SUBSIST AND DIE THERE AS THOUGH IN A DISTINCT TOWN AND PRACTICALLY WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS OF ITS OBLITERATION IN THE MAP OF A WORLD CAPITAL THE STABLE ELEMENT OF THIS POPULATION CONSISTS OF MORE OR LESS OLD FASHIONED PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT THEM IS THE CEASELESS COMING AND GOING OF NOMADS WHO KEEP ABREAST WITH THE TIME WHO TAKE THEIR LODGINGS BY THE WEEK THEIR HOUSES BY THE MONTH WHO CAMP INDIFFERENTLY IN REGIONS OLD AND NEW LEARNING THEIR GEOGRAPHY IN TRAIN AND TRAMCAR
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