God’s Care for the Poor
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toward the poor and the suspicion and hatred of the poor toward the
rich. While they might hinder the amassing of great wealth and the
indulgence of unbounded luxury, they would prevent the consequent
ignorance and degradation of tens of thousands whose ill-paid servi-
tude is required to build up these colossal fortunes. They would bring a
peaceful solution of those problems that now threaten to fill the world
with anarchy and bloodshed.
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