en are limp, they feel a doom somewhere, and they go about as if there was nothing to be done. Anyhow, nobody knows what should be done in spite of all the talk, the young ones get mad because they've no money to spend. Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they've got none to spend. That's our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out. The pits are working two days, two and a half days a week, and there's no sign of betterment even for the winter. It means a man bringing up a family on twentyfive and thirty shillings. The women are the maddest of all. But then they're the maddest for spending, nowadays.

目前的工业人口如此庞大，无数张嘴等着吃饭，因此，这该死的西洋景还得继续下去。女人比男人更敢于表达自己的观点，而且如今她们比男人自信得多。男人往往打不起精神，深感大难即将临头，只是得过且过，仿佛已无挽回的余地。虽然发表意见时都争先恐后，但没人知道到底该做些什么，年轻人渐渐陷入癫狂，因为他们已经囊中空空。他们生活的全部都取决于金钱，而如今他们已经一贫如洗。这恰恰是人类文明和教育所倡导的，将大众的生活完全建构于金钱之上，而现在金钱却已消耗殆尽。矿坑每周只开两天或者两天半的工，即使冬天来临，也没有丝毫好转的迹象。这就意味着男人养家糊口的钱只有25到30先