Idonotmeanthisasparadoxical，orevenassymbolical；itissimplytameandtrue。ThemodernEnglishrichknownothingaboutthings，notevenaboutthethingstowhichtheyappeal。Comparedwiththem，thepoorareprettysuretogetsomeenlightenment，eveniftheycannotgetliberty；
theymustatleastbetechnical。Anoldapprenticelearntatrade，evenifhismastercamelikeanyTurkandbangedhimmostseverely。Theoldhousewifeknewwhichsideherbreadwasbuttered，evenifitweresothinastobealmostimperceptible。Theoldsailorknewtheropes；evenifheknewtherope\'send。Consequently，whenanyoftheserevolted，theywereconcernedwiththingstheyknew，pains，practicalimpossibilities，orthepersonalrecord。
ButTheyKnowTheapprenticecried\"Clubs？\"andcrackedhisneighbours\'headswiththeprecisionandfinenessoftouchwhichonlymanualcraftsmanshipcangive。
Thehousewiveswhoflatlyrefusedtocookthehotdinnerknewhowmuchorhowlittle，coldmeattherewasinthehouse。ThesailorwhodefieddisciplinebymutinyingattheNoredidnotdefydisciplineinthesenseoffallingofftheriggingorlettingthewaterintothehold。Similarlythemodernproletariat，howeverlittleitmayknow，knowswhatitistalkingabout。
Butthecuriousthingabouttheeducatedclassisthatexactlywhatitdoesnotknowiswhatitistalkingabout。Imeanthatitisstartlinglyignorantofthosespecialthingswhichitissupposedtoinvokeandkeepinviolate。Thethingsthatworkmeninvokemaybeuglier，moreacrid，moresordid；buttheyknowallaboutthem。Theyknowenougharithmetictoknowthatpriceshaverisen；thekindLevantinegentlemanisalwaystheretomakethemfullyunderstandthemeaningofaninterestsum；andthelandlordwilldefineRentasrigidlyasRicardo。ThedoctorscanalwaystellthemtheLatinforanemptystomach；andwhenthepoormanistreatedforthetimewithsomehumanrespectbytheCoronetitalmostseemsapityheisnotalivetohearhowlegallyhedied。