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From Windows by John Galsworthy

male · philosophical · 1:32 min

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Two days--'ardly worth mentionin'. They say she 'ad the 'ighstrikes after--an' when she comes to she says: "I've saved my baby's life." An' that's true enough when you come to think what that sort o' baby goes through as a rule; dragged up by somebody else's hand, or took away by the Law. What can a workin' girl do with a baby born under the rose, as they call it? Wonderful the difference money makes when it comes to bein' outside the Law. (MR MARCH: Right you are, Mr Bly. God's on the side of the big battalions.) Ah! Religion! (His eyes roll philosophically) Did you ever read 'Aigel? (MR MARCH: Hegel, or Haekel?) Yes; with an aitch. There's a balance abart 'im that I like. There's no doubt the Christian religion went too far. Turn the other cheek! What oh! An' this Anti-Christ, Neesha, what came in with the war--he went too far in the other direction. Neither of 'em practical men. You've got to strike a balance, and foller it.

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30s · melancholy · social inequality · religion · parenthood · balance

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