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Chapter 5

           AboutLondon,forinstance,perhapshalftheprettiercountryisshutinagainstintrusion. Andthissamewideninggulfwhichisduetothelengthandexpenseofthehighereducationalprocessandtheincreasedfacilitiesforandtemptationstowardsrefinedhabitsonthepartoftherichwillmakethatexchangebetweenclassandclass, thatpromotionbyintermarriagewhichatpresentretardsthesplittingofourspeciesalonglinesofsocialstratification,lessandlessfrequent. So,intheend,abovegroundyoumusthavetheHaves,pursuingpleasureandcomfortandbeauty,andbelowgroundtheHave-nots,theWorkersgettingcontinuallyadaptedtotheconditionsoftheirlabour. Oncetheywerethere,theywouldnodoubthavetopayrent,andnotalittleofit,fortheventilationoftheircaverns; andiftheyrefused,theywouldstarveorbesuffocatedforarrears. Suchofthemasweresoconstitutedastobemiserableandrebelliouswoulddie; and,intheend,thebalancebeingpermanent,thesurvivorswouldbecomeaswelladaptedtotheconditionsofundergroundlife,andashappyintheirway,astheUpper-worldpeopleweretotheirs. Asitseemedtome,therefinedbeautyandtheetiolatedpallorfollowednaturallyenough. 

           ‘ThegreattriumphofHumanityIhaddreamedoftookadifferentshapeinmymind. Ithadbeennosuchtriumphofmoraleducationandgeneralco-operationasIhadimagined. Instead,Isawarealaristocracy,armedwithaperfectedscienceandworkingtoalogicalconclusiontheindustrialsystemofto-day. ItstriumphhadnotbeensimplyatriumphoverNature,butatriumphoverNatureandthefellow-man. This,Imustwarnyou,wasmytheoryatthetime. IhadnoconvenientciceroneinthepatternoftheUtopianbooks. Myexplanationmaybeabsolutelywrong. Istillthinkitisthemostplausibleone. 

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