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Society is now divided between two classes, those who monopolize all the means of the production of wealth save one; and those who possess nothing except that one, the Power of Labour. SOCIETY IS NOW DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO CLASSES THOSE WHO MONOPOLIZE ALL THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION OF WEALTH SAVE ONE AND THOSE WHO POSSESS NOTHING EXCEPT THAT ONE THE POWER OF LABOR
is far more stringent than the arbitrary one was. Once all society was rude, there was little real difference between the gentleman and the non-gentleman, and you had to dress them differently from one another in order to distinguish them. But now a well-to-do man is a refined and cultivated being, enjoying to the full his share of the conquest over Nature which the modern world has achieved, while the poor man is rude and degraded, and has no share in the wealth conquered by modern science from Nature: he is certainly no better as to material condition than the serf of the Middle Ages, perhaps he is worse: to my mind he is at least worse than the savage living in a good climate. I do not think that any thoughtful man seriously denies this: let us try to see what brings it about; let us see it as clearly as we all see that the hereditary privilege of the noble caste, and the consequent serf slavery of the workers of the Middle Ages, brought about the peculiar conditions of that period. NE REMAINS AND IS FAR MORE STRINGENT THAN THE ARBITRARY ONE WAS ONCE ALL SOCIETY WAS RUDE THERE WAS LITTLE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENTLEMAN AND THE NON GENTLEMAN AND WHO HAD TO DRESS THEM DIFFERENTLY FROM ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH THEM BUT NOW A WELL TO DO MAN IS A REFINED AND CULTIVATED BEING ENJOYING TO THE FULL HIS SHARE OF THE CONQUEST OVER NATURE WHICH THE MODERN WORLD HAS ACHIEVED WHILE THE POOR MAN IS RUDE AND DEGRADED AND HAS NO SHARE IN THE WEALTH CONQUERED BY MODERN SCIENCE FROM NATURE HE IS CERTAINLY NO BETTER AS TO MATERIAL CONDITION THAN THE SURF OF THE MIDDLE AGES PERHAPS HE IS WORSE TO MY MIND HE IS AT LEAST WORSE THAN THE SAVAGE LIVING IN A GOOD CLIMATE I DO NOT THINK THAT ANY THOUGHTFUL MAN SERIOUSLY DENIES THIS LET US TRY TO SEE WHAT IT BRINGS ABOUT LET US SEE IT AS CLEARLY AS WE WILL SEE THAT THE HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE OF THE NOBLE CASTE AND THE CONSEQUENT SERF SLAVERY OF THE WORKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES BROUGHT ABOUT THE PECULIAR CONDITIONS OF THAT PERIOD
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