The Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-04-04
issued: 1906-12-22
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note: I THE {•£» ■ ■! ti Vfl -v DEC 0 Ptfbltfshed in the Interests of tke Working Class Alone. CLARION rut* u Noastsa 404. **>. ^CTORIA.e*0* Vancouver, British Cofantia, S-afcaniay, December 22, 1906 Saibs>**l*<**aai Prloa ram Tataa Stall = STOLID PATIENCE OF THE ASS Cot-respondent of the London Chromde, in an Open Letter J to a Typical WoHungmule. Makes a few Comparisons ? Not Altogether Unfavorable to the Four-Legged Variety. J ty dear sir, you ask me what, In .1 opinion, ts the mast marked char- ' irlatle of the English working tacs, and by working classes you you mean the men and women i work for weekly wages which „ om or never rise above two j.ounda a week. For the life of me I cannot Imagine why you want to know my opinion or what Interest my answer can have for you; still, I take U. your request la a compliment m me personally, and being somewhat of a vain man I find I cannot retrain from acceding to It. Here goes then. A close and serious study of the social hlatory of our country for the laat hundred years or so, and an Interested and, I hope, an intelligent observation of contemporary facta, have convinced me that the moat marked characteristic of the l-'ngllah working claat-es Is Patience. Now Patience, like most other human qualities, may be good or It may be evil; It may be a high virtue or a low vice. It may Indicate? ttne Intelligence or extreme stupidity. Let me Illustrate my meaning. A man who la smitten by an Incurable disease, a dlaeaae for which science has so far discovered no remedy or even alleviation, and who doean't whimper of whine about It. or make hlmaelf a nulaanco to hla family and frienda, who bears it "like a man," a* we say. who keeps a cheerful coun- t'-naiigr, and continue* to do what little work his affliction permits him to perform, la a fine and a wise fellow, and, in hla way, a hero. But ..ne who suffers from some aliment known to be curable nnd who refuses to consult a doctor, or to buy a bot be the condition of a people to whom fo…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318712
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text