East London . Sandwich-men. THE SUBMERGED 247 not dwell if he can help it; there is no future for him, onlythe days tramp, the shilling at the end of it; fivepence willgive him warmth, light, a bed, and a modicum of food;eightpence, or, if he is lucky, tenpence, must find him food,drink, and tobacco for the following day, with some meansof keeping the mud and water out of his boots. A small contingent of the submerged is formed by the menwho, not being habitual and hardened criminals, have been inprison and have not only found employment difficult andeven impossible in consequence of a misfort
East London . Sandwich-men. THE SUBMERGED 247 not dwell if he can help it; there is no future for him, onlythe days tramp, the shilling at the end of it; fivepence willgive him warmth, light, a bed, and a modicum of food;eightpence, or, if he is lucky, tenpence, must find him food,drink, and tobacco for the following day, with some meansof keeping the mud and water out of his boots. A small contingent of the submerged is formed by the menwho, not being habitual and hardened criminals, have been inprison and have not only found employment difficult andeven impossible in consequence of a misfortune which manyworse than themselves escape, but have returned to the worldbroken down by the terrible discipline of an English prison receives a man; it turns out a machine, anobedient machine, as obedient as the dog which follows atheel: it obeys cowering; the machine has no self-respectleft, and no power of initiative; the prison bird can onlyhenceforth live in a cage where he is not called upon t
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