Man alive! how can you ask such a question? Have I not told you that we know what a prison means by the undoubted evidence of really trustworthy book… - William Morris

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Man alive! how can you ask such a question? Have I not told you that we know what a prison means by the undoubted evidence of really trustworthy books, helped out by our own imaginations? And haven't you specially called me to notice that the people about the roads and streets look happy? and how could they look happy if they knew that their neighbours were shut up in prison, while they bore such things quietly? And if there were people in prison, you couldn't hide it from folk, like you can an occasional man-slaying; because that isn't done of set purpose, with a lot of people backing up the slayer in cold blood, as this prison business is. Prisons, indeed! O no, no, no!

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About William Morris

William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Alternative Names: William M. Morris
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Ricchezza è quello che la Natura ci dà e quello che un uomo assennato può trarre dai suoi doni per farne un uso ragionevole. La luce del sole, l'aria fresca, l'incontaminato volto della Terra, e quanto abbisogni di cibo, vestiario e alloggio decenti; l'accumulo di conoscenze di ogni tipo, e il potere di diffonderle; i mezzi con cui gli uomini possono liberamente comunicare fra loro; le opere d'arte, la bellezza che l'uomo crea quanto è uomo nel senso più alto, animato da aspirazioni e premura per gli altri; tutte cose al servizio del piacere della gente, libere, degne di un uomo e incorrotte. Questa è la ricchezza.

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"God grant indeed thy words are not for nought! Then shalt thou save me, since for many a day To such a dreadful life I have been brought: Nor will I spare with all my heart to pay What man soever takes my grief away; Ah! I will love thee, if thou lovest me But well enough my saviour now to be.

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