Henry Mayhew

Offers a detailed description of everyday life among Victorian London's poor and shares interviews with workers in various occupations

London Labour and the London Poor

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We do not remember how our own tastes have been formed, nor do we, in our zeal, stay to reflect how the tastes of a people generally are created; and, consequently, we cannot perceive that a habit of enjoying any matter whatsoever can only be induced in the mind by linking with it some aesthetic affection. The heart is the mainspring of the intellect, and the feelings the real educers and educators of the thoughts.

London Labour and the London Poor

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