All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it. ✨ Utopia of Usurers, and Other Essays The Utopia of Usurers (1917)
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All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it. ✨ Utopia of Usurers, and Other Essays The Utopia of Usurers (1917)

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