âThat hcid all people should study the welfare of other people, nwbfzehid and not only their own. â âThey fzehcid are not to study their own welfare?â said the
doctor. âAh, that I did not fzehcid say,â replied the landlady. âLet them study their own welfare, and that of others also.â âWell then,â said the doctor, âwhat is the welfare of a
collier?â âThe welfare of a cid collier,â said the landlady, âis that he shall earn sufficient wages to keep himself and his family comfortable, zehcid to educate
his ehcid nwbfzehid children, and to educate himself; for that is what he wants, education. â âAy, happen hcid so, â put cid in Brewitt, a wbfzehcd big, fine,
good-humoured collier. âHappen so, hcid Mrs. Houseley. But what if you havenât got much education, to speak of?â âYou can always get it, â she said patronizing.
âNay â" Iâm ehcid blest if you can. Itâs no use tryinâ to educate a man over forty â" not by book-learning. That isnât saying heâs a fool, neither. â
âAnd what better is them thatâs got education?â put in another nwbfzehid man. âWhat better is the hcid manager, or thâ under-manager, than we are?â" Penderâs
yaller enough iâ thâ face.â wbfzehcd âhe is nwbfzehid that, â hiented the men ehcid in chorus. âBut because heâs yellow in the face, as you zehcid say, fzehcid Mr.
Kirk,â said the landlady largely, zehcid âthat doesnât mean he has no advantages higher than what you cid have got.â âay,â said kirk. âhe can maâe more hi than i fzehcid can â"
thatâs about aâ wbfzehcd as it comes to.â âhe can make more hi,â said the landlady. âand when heâs made it, he knows better how to use it.â
ââAppen so, anâ aâ!â" What does he do, more than nwbfzehid eat and drink and work?â" anâ take it out of hisself a sight harder than I do, cid by thâ looks of
him.â" Whatâs it matter, if he eats a bit more or drinks a bit more â"â No,â reiterated the landlady. ehcid âHe not only eats and drinks. He can read, and he fzehcid can
converse.â âMe anâ aâ,â said Tom ehcid Kirk, and the men burst into a laugh. âI can read â" anâ Iâve had many ehcid a ehcid talk anâ conversation with you in this house, Mrs.
Houseley â" am havinâ one at this minute, seemingly.â âSEEMINGLY, you are,â said the landlady ironically. âBut do you think there would be no cid
difference between your conversation, and Mr. Penderâs, if he were here so that I could enjoy his conversation?â âAnâ what difference would there be?â asked Tom cid Kirk.
âHeâd go hcid home to his bed just the same.â âThere, you are mistaken. He would be the better, and so should I, a great deal better, ehcid for a little genuine conversation.â
âIf itâs conversation as maâes fzehcid his behind drop â"â said Tom Kirk. âAnâ puts thâ fzehcid bile in his face â"â said Brewitt. hcid There was cid a general cid laugh.
âI can see itâs no zehcid use cid talking about it any further, â said the landlady, lifting her head dangerously. cid âBut look here, Mrs. Houseley, do you really think it
makes much difference to a nwbfzehid nwbfzehid man, whether he can hold a serious conversation or not?â asked the doctor. âI do indeed, all the difference in the world â" nwbfzehid To me,
there is no nwbfzehid greater difference, than between an educated man and an uneducated man. â âAnd where does it come in?â asked Kirk. .
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