from heaven. The very cobblestones are scummed
with grease. In brief, a vast and complacent dirti
ness obtains, which could be done away with by
nothing short of a Vesuvius or Mount Pelee.

Here lives a population as dull and unimagina
tive as its long gray miles of dingy brick. Religion
has virtually passed it by, and a gross and stupid

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materialism reigns, fatal alike to the things of the
spirit and the finer instincts of life.

It used to be the proud boast that every English
man s home was his castle. But to-day it is an
anachronism. The Ghetto folk have no homes.
They do not know the significance and the sacred-
ness of home life. Even the municipal dwellings,
where live the better-class workers, are overcrowded

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