He then proceeds to deal with the farmers, whose greatest fault is that they are ceasing to observe the lucky days of the calendar and that they curse at the rain and swear at the fair weather. The Emperor pronounces as a great sin that the farmer actually "slays his cattle and the bolder among them sell the beef as a means of He finds equally harsh things to say concerning the industrial workers, Who want three meals served to the moment and are not satisfied with the tobacco allowance; then he goes on to the employer, who is proclaimed to be wicked for withholding the same things that the employee has just been scathed for demanding. When he speaks of these he evidently feels too strongly for expression, for he says: "This last class cannot be adequately described, we must therefore speak of another class." But that is after a paragraph of well-selected adjectives regarding that kind of employer.
His remarks concerning the merchant are magnificent.
"They heve learnt how to sell their
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