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The Poor (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠labour are the artificial product of modern history: so great was the labour required to unleash the 'eternal natural laws' of capital.

The Poor (n.) freed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from slavery and life-apprenticeship without work first became thieves and beggars, for men will not starve while they can beg or steal.

The Poor (n.) under ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the technical name our poor are the workers, and if they live luxuriously on brandy, gin, tea, sugar and snuff, labour must be dear.

The Poor (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠harder to live without than money where property is secure, for who would do the work, and they should be kept from starving but receive nothing worth saving.

The Poor (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠this useful class take on their shoulders all that is disagreeable and servile in life, and procure for other classes leisure and dignity of character.