East London . m^ 1^. Salvation Army Shelter. the submerged of George III were a ruder and a rougherfolk than those of Queen Victoria. The submerged do not, as a rule, give trouble to thepolice, nor are they a terror to the householder; they donot rob, they do not brawl, they do not get up riots, theydo not demonstrate, they endure in quiet. Their miserymight make them dangerous if they were to unite; but they THE SUBMERGED 233 cannot unite, they have no leader, they have no prophet;they want nothing except food and warmth, they accusenobody, they are not revolutionaries; they are quite aware—t
East London . m^ 1^. Salvation Army Shelter. the submerged of George III were a ruder and a rougherfolk than those of Queen Victoria. The submerged do not, as a rule, give trouble to thepolice, nor are they a terror to the householder; they donot rob, they do not brawl, they do not get up riots, theydo not demonstrate, they endure in quiet. Their miserymight make them dangerous if they were to unite; but they THE SUBMERGED 233 cannot unite, they have no leader, they have no prophet;they want nothing except food and warmth, they accusenobody, they are not revolutionaries; they are quite aware—those of them who have any power of thought left—thatno change in the social order could possibly benefit live simply, each man clothed with his own misery aswith a gaberdine. And they know perfectly well that theirpresent wretchedness is due to themselves and their ownfollies and their own vices. They have lost whatever spiritof enterprise they may once have possessed; in many caseslong habits of drink
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