sufficiently outlined the hardships they undergo to
demonstrate that their existence is anything but
soft;

It is a matter of sober calculation, here in Eng
land, that it is softer to work for twenty shillings

[{PICKING OAKUM IN THE CASUAL WARD.}]

($5) a week, and have regular food, and a bed
at night, than it is to walk the streets. The man
who walks the streets suffers more, and works
harder, for far less return. I have depicted the
nights they spend, and how, driven in by physical
exhaustion, they go to the casual ward for a rest

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