|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: reading-rooms, workhouses, and hospitals. Every publication issued
from the Press that is of the slightest use to men and women will,
by our Scheme, acquire a double share of usefulness. It will be read
first by its owner, and then by many people who would never otherwise
see it.
We shall establish an immense second-hand book shop. All the best
books that come into our hands will be exposed for sale, not merely at
our central depots, but on the barrows of our peripatetic colporteurs,
who will go from street to street with literature which, I trust, will
be somewhat superior to the ordinary pabulum supplied to the poor.
After we have sold all we could, and given away all that is needed to
In Darkest England and The Way Out |
