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           Aseverybodysays,theNotts-Derbyminershavegottheirheartsintherightplace.Buttherestoftheiranatomymustbeinthewrongplace,inaworldthathasnouseforthem.Ilikethem,buttheydon’tcheermemuch:notenoughoftheoldfighting-cockinthem.Theytalkalotaboutnationalization,nationalizationofroyalties,nationalizationofthewholeindustry.Butyoucan’tnationalizecoalandleavealltheotherindustriesastheyare.Theytalkaboutputtingcoaltonewuses,likeSirCliffordistryingtodo.Itmayworkhereandthere,butnotasageneralthing,Idoubt.Whateveryoumakeyou’vegottosellit.Themenareveryapathetic.Theyfeelthewholedamnedthingisdoomed,andIbelieveitis.Andtheyaredoomedalongwithit.SomeoftheyoungonesspoutaboutaSoviet,butthere’snotmuchconvictioninthem.There’snosortofconvictionaboutanything,exceptthatit’sallamuddleandahole.EvenunderaSovietyou’vestillgottosellcoal:andthat’sthedifficulty.

           We’vegotthisgreatindustrialpopulation,andthey’vegottobefed,sothedamnshowhastobekeptgoingsomehow.Thewomentalkalotmorethanthemen,nowadays,andtheyareasightmorecock-sure.Themenarelimp,theyfeeladoomsomewhere,andtheygoaboutasiftherewasnothingtobedone.Anyhow,nobodyknowswhatshouldbedoneinspiteofallthetalk,theyoungonesgetmadbecausethey’venomoneytospend.Theirwholelifedependsonspendingmoney,andnowthey’vegotnonetospend.