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And for the most part, though little enough endowed with the civic spirit, they abundantly pride themselves on their local permanence. AND FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH LITTLE ENOUGH ENDOWED WITH THE CYRIC SPIRIT THEY ABUNDANTLY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR LOCAL PERMANENCE
opolis. 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. 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. INTS 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 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
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