Modern Problems a Discussion of Debatable Subjects
Modern Problems a Discussion of Debatable Subjects
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I suppose the main purpose of the English nation at the present time would be said to be the 1 An address to Evening Students at University College, Liver- pool, in 1886. 144 THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH 145 pursuit of Wealth. I am by no means satisfied that this is a true statement of the average Eng- lishman's main purpose, in fact I am pretty cer- tain that it is not a true statement if understood accurately, but I do think it is his own idea of his main purpose. His principle aim is to "get on, " ...and his idea of getting on is to acquire more money than his neighbours. This it is which prompts the major part of commercial enterprise, and re- wards the energy of the business man. Well, what is the result of all our commercial prosperity and worship of the goddess of get- ting on? We are reckoned a wealthy nation. Liverpool is a wealthy city. But a foreigner, landing at a northern dock, after he has admired the river and the line of docks, true wealth of which the city is justly proud, may be a little staggered at the aspect of the rest of that region, and depressed by the unrelieved squalor which surrounds him on all hands.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I suppose the main purpose of the English nation at the present time would be said to be the 1 An address to Evening Students at University College, Liver- pool, in 1886. 144 THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH 145 pursuit of Wealth. I am by no means satisfied that this is a true statement of the average Eng- lishman's main purpose, in fact I am pretty cer- tain that it is not a true statement if understood accurately, but I do think it is his own idea of his main purpose. His principle aim is to "get on, " ...and his idea of getting on is to acquire more money than his neighbours. This it is which prompts the major part of commercial enterprise, and re- wards the energy of the business man. Well, what is the result of all our commercial prosperity and worship of the goddess of get- ting on? We are reckoned a wealthy nation. Liverpool is a wealthy city. But a foreigner, landing at a northern dock, after he has admired the river and the line of docks, true wealth of which the city is justly proud, may be a little staggered at the aspect of the rest of that region, and depressed by the unrelieved squalor which surrounds him on all hands.
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