Sublime

most of the decent rich of the Bright and Cobden sort did have a kind of confused faith that the economic conflict would work well in the long run for everybody.

He takes responsibility for getting his own needs met.

"This is no savage country, my friend. But no men? Boys, it behooves us to go forward most politely."

motallaric

When the monasteries were swept away and the mediaeval system of hospitality destroyed, tramps and beggars became a problem,

Enfin, cet homme semblait avoir été l'un des ânes de notre grand moulin social, l'un de ces Ratons parisiens qui ne connaissent même pas leurs Bertrands, quelque pivot sur lequel avaient tourné les infortunes ou les saletés publiques, enfin l'un de ces hommes dont nous disons, en les voyant : Il en faut pourtant comme ça.

the harassed poor of a diseased industrialism were indeed maintaining marriage under every disadvantage, and often found individual relief in divorce. Industrialism does produce many unhappy marriages, for the same reason that it produces so many unhappy men. But all the reforms were directed to rescuing the industrialism rather than the happiness.