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The Scheme, in its entirety, may aptly be compared to A Great Machine, foundationed in the lowest slums and purlieus of our great towns and cities, drawing up into its embrace the depraved and destitute of all classes; receiving thieves, harlots, paupers, drunkards, prodigals, all alike, on the simple conditions of their being willing to work and to conform to discipline.

William Booth In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890)

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Primary text - Part 2, Chapter 1: A Stupendous Undertaking
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