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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: makes the whole ship talk. I do not see why this should be so.
Of course, in the case of conveying passengers and freight, with the
utmost possible expedition, for short distances, it would be idle to
expect that either time or energies could be spared for the employment
or instruction of the passengers. But the case is different when,
instead of going to America, the emigrant turns his face to South
Africa or remote Australia. Then, even with the fastest steamers,
they must remain some weeks or months upon the high seas. The result
is that habits of idleness are contracted, bad acquaintances are
formed, and very often the moral and religious work of a lifetime is
undone.
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