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air, and enlivening sunshine robbed of life itself, in being 

 robbed of its necessities and enjoyments. And man makes 

 war upon himself by his vices. Contented with his ignorance 

 he does not seek enlightenment; wallowing in his pestiferous 

 filth, he will not even wash and be clean, or open his windows 

 for pure air; and he stupefies and embrutes himself with 

 stimulants and narcotics beer, spirits, and tobacco spending 

 on them the money that would place himself and his family ir 

 comfortable and healthful conditions. 



Vast numbers are born and bred in these conditions and 

 habits of life, and are too ignorant to know what is bad or 

 good for them. It is their misfortune rather than their fault. 

 But it is the fault of somebody that they are born, and live, and 

 die in such conditions. The men who govern England are 

 responsible for England's condition, as the captain of a ship is 

 responsible for the condition of ship, cargo, and crew. They 

 have acknowledged their responsibility for the sustenance of 

 every member of society by the Poor Law; and for the 

 ignorance of vast populations by enacting a law for universal 

 education. They are beginning to confess their responsibility 

 for disease and premature mortality by various acts of sanitary 

 legislation. There is much more to be done, but this is a 

 beginning; and it is a good thing that men of intelligence, 

 wealth, and influence, should acknowledge in these matters 

 the brotherhood of humanity. The time is not distant when 

 no man will feel that he has a right to send his son to Eton 

 and Oxford while the poorest child in England is untaught 

 as every one must feel that he has no right to sit down to a 

 luxurious dinner while there are people within the circle of his 

 horizon dying of hunger. 



I know of nothing which shows more terribly the inequity of 

 human life or call it, if you will, iniquity than the statistics 

 of mortality. 



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