The People of the Abyss by Jack London

[BooksbyBJThompson]

This has got to be the most upsetting, most depressing book I have ever read, and with London's discovery had me wonder why Queen Victoria did not sell even one earring to bring that entire district the help it so desperately needed. Why do humans choose supreme riches for one at the cost of supreme poverty for others?

New schools - get those people educated, developing a skill.
Proper sanitation.
Regulate those doss houses and work houses to force minimum standards.

One lousy diamond earring from that Queen could have done it all.

[FISHY1118]

This has got to be the most upsetting, most depressing book I have ever read, and with London's discovery had me wonder why Queen Victoria did not sell even one earring to bring that entire district the help it so desperately needed. Why do humans choose supreme riches for one at the cost of supreme poverty for others?

New schools - get those people educated, developing a skill.
Proper sanitation.
Regulate those doss houses and work houses to force minimum standards.

One lousy diamond earring from that Queen could have done it all.

''The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men [and women] do nothing''.



Evil , Poverty , Suffering , insert them all if you like, same thing really . Its always been the way of the world .

[Enigma]

[QUOTE=BooksbyBJThompson;n797591] Why do humans choose supreme riches for one at the cost of supreme poverty for others?

"For the love of money is the root of all evil." 1 Timothy 6:10

[Jason]

I’m just reading this again for the first time in about 10 years . It never fails to sadden me . I think the
“ Spitalfields nippers “ book acts as a perfect accompaniment to it , adding faces and life stories to those who lived in that area around that time .