“ Not only does the poor worker have to live like a beast, but he pays proportionately more for it than does the rich man for his spacious comfort. ”
Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1903). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
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| Source | The People of the Abyss |
| Topic | comfort workers |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_People_of_the_Abyss |
Context
“He had reference to the children of the overcrowded folk, who at five have nothing to learn and much to unlearn which they will never unlearn.
It is notorious that here in the Ghetto the houses of the poor are greater profit earners than the mansions of the rich. Not only does the poor worker have to live like a beast, but he pays proportionately more for it than does the rich man for his spacious comfort. A class of house-sweaters has been made possible by the competition of the poor for houses. There are more people than there is room, and numbers are in the workhouse because they cannot find shelter elsewhere.”
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