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These several divisions of the Prolétariat are thus defined by the doctrinaires:—
“A workman is a Proletarian who works for wages in order to live.
“A beggar is a Proletarian who will not or cannot work, and who begs in order to live.
“A robber is a Proletarian who will neither work nor beg, but who robs or steals in order to live.
“A public woman is a Proletarian who will neither work nor beg nor steal, but who prostitutes herself in order to live.”
Such is the classification by which the vast majority of civilized society is nowadays distinguished by writers of the first eminence! Such is the classification they justify and would uphold! Nay, as we shall show, they offer it to us as the legitimate development of civilization, and as a just and righteous inheritance purchased for us by the blood of our Redeemer, and bequeathed to us through eighteen centuries of Gospel propagandism!!!
CHAPTER II. ORIGIN OF SLAVERY IN PATERNAL AUTHORITY.
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Antiquity of Slavery—Anterior to Legal Institution—Examples cited from Ancient History—Arose from Patriarchal Government—Despotic Power of Head of Family—Marriage Custom of Purchase—Aristocratic Governments favourable to Development—Decadence under Republics.