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iminal for the people of the Abyss to marry. They are the stones by the
builder rejected. There is no place for themin the social fabricwhile all
the forces of society drive them downward till they perish. At the bottom
of the Abyss they are feeblebesottedand imbecile. If they reproduce
the life is so cheap that perforce it perishes of itself. The work of the
world goes on above th [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]nd they do not care to take part in itnor are
they able. Moreoverthe work of the world does not need them. There
are plentyfar fitter than theyclinging to the steep slope aboveand
struggling frantically to slide no more.
In shortthe London Abyss is a vast shambles. Year by yearand
decade after decaderural England pours in a flood of vigorous strong life
that not only does not renew itselfbut perishes by the third generation.
Competent authorities aver that the London workman whose parents and
grand-parents were born in London is so r[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]rkable a specimen that he is
rarely found.
Mr. A. C. Pigou has said that the aged poorand the residuum which
compose the "submerged tenth constitute 71 per cent
of the population
of London. Which is to say that last year
and yesterday
and to-day
at
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