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In fact, it is really composed either of the most successful men of that class, or of their immediate descendants. IN FACT IT IS REALLY COMPOSED EITHER OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN OF THAT CLASS OR OF THEIR IMMEDIATE DESCENDANTS
is not the sum and end of our folly of turning useful work into useless toil, but only the beginning of it. For first, as to the class of rich people doing no work, we all know that they consume a great deal while they produce nothing. Therefore, clearly, they have to be kept at the expense of those who do work, just as paupers have, and are a mere burden on the community. In these days there are many who have learned to see this, though they can see no further into the evils of our present system, and have formed no idea of any scheme for getting rid of this burden; though perhaps they have a vague hope that changes in the system of voting for members of the House of Commons may, as if by magic, tend in that direction. With such hopes or superstitions we need not trouble ourselves. Moreover, this class, the aristocracy, once thought most necessary to the State, is scant of numbers, and has now no power of its own, but depends on the support of the class next below it—the middle class. T AND SO IN THAT PARTICULAR MAKE THEM WORSE OFF THAN MERE BEASTS OF THE FIELD BUT THAT IS NOT THE SUM AND END OF OUR FOLLY IN TURNING USEFUL WORK INTO USELESS TOIL BUT ONLY THE BEGINNING OF IT FOR FIRST AS TO THE CLASS OF RICH PEOPLE DOING NO WORK WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY CONSUME A GREAT DEAL WHILE THEY PRODUCE NOTHING THEREFORE CLEARLY THEY HAVE TO BE KEPT AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE WHO DO WORK JUST AS PAUPERS HAVE AND ARE A MERE BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY IN THESE DAYS THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE LEARNED TO SEE THIS THOUGH THEY CAN SEE NO FURTHER INTO THE EVILS OF OUR PRESENT SYSTEM AND HAVE FORMED NO IDEA OF ANY SCHEME FOR GETTING RID OF THIS BURDEN THOUGH PERHAPS THEY HAVE A VAGUE HOPE THAT CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF VOTING FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS MAY AS IF BY MAGIC TEND IN THAT DIRECTION MOREOVER THIS CLASS THE ARISTOCRACY ONCE THOUGHT MOST NECESSARY TO THE STATE IS SCANT OF NUMBERS AND HAS NOW NO POWER OF ITS OWN BUT DEPENDS ON THE SUPPORT OF THE CLASS NEXT BELOW IT THE MIDDLE CLASS
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