11.18.07
Imagine what a mockery it would have been to give such a standard as
that of ‘M
Imagine what a mockery it would have been to give such a standard as
that of ‘M.D.’ to the agricultural labourer about the middle of last
century, a typical one with a large family, and one who worked as men
do not work to-day, and had to rear his family on a few shillings a
week. How could such a one have provided more than a fraction of what
‘M.D.’ says is necessary, either for himself or his children?
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