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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: obligation to take more than was convenient. The larger the number of
applications the wider the field for selection, and the greater the
necessity for the enlargement of our operations.
III.--They would run away. It is further objected that if they did
come, the monotony of the life, the strangeness of the work, together
with the absence of the excitements and amusements with which they had
been entertained in the cities and towns, would render their existence
unbearable. Even when left to the streets, there is an amount of life
and action in the city which is very attractive. Doubtless some would
run away, but I don't think this would be a large proportion.
The change would be so great, and so palpably advantageous, that I
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