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

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But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? You might as well give a tract to a shipwrecked sailor who is battling with the surf which has drowned his comrades and threatens to drown him. He will not listen to you. Nay, he cannot hear you any more than a man whose head is underwater can listen to a sermon.

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In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890)
Primary text - Chapter 5: On the Verge of the Abyss
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/475

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