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           Didn’ttheydelivereverycountryofEurope,oneafteranother,tocommitteesofgoons,justlikethisonehere?Didn’ttheyscreamtheirheadsofftoshutouteveryburglaralarmandtobreakeverypadlockopenforthegoons?Haveyouheardapeepoutofthemsince?Didn’ttheyscreamthattheywerethefriendsoflabor?Doyouhearthemraisingtheirvoicesaboutthechaingangs,theslavecamps,thefourteen-hourworkdayandthemortalityfromscurvyinthePeople’sStatesofEurope?No,butyoudohearthemtellingthewhip-beatenwretchesthatstarvationisprosperity,thatslaveryisfreedom,thattorturechambersarebrother-loveandthatifthewretchesdon’tunderstandit,thenit’stheirownfaultthattheysuffer,andit’sthemangledcorpsesinthejailcellarswho’retoblameforalltheirtroubles,notthebenevolentleaders!Intellectuals?Youmighthavetoworryaboutanyotherbreedofmen,butnotaboutthemodernintellectuals:they’llswallowanything.Idon’tfeelsosafeaboutthelousiestwharfratinthelongshoremen’sunion:he’sliabletoremembersuddenlythatheisaman—andthenIwon’tbeabletokeephiminline.Buttheintellectuals?That’stheonethingthey’veforgottenlongago.Iguessit’stheonethingthatalltheireducationwasaimedtomakethemforget.Doanythingyoupleasetotheintellectuals.They’lltakeit."

           "Foronce,"saidDr.Ferris,"IagreewithMr.Kinnan.Iagreewithhisfacts,ifnotwithhisfeelings.