# Your part in poverty

Author: Lansbury, George, 1859-1940

Genre: Great Britain -- Social conditions

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77543

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Your+part+in+poverty+Lansbury&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A workman’s working life begins at a very early age. In some places boys start work at thirteen or fourteen years of age, or even earlier, and set out to face the world and all its hardships and dangers with very little training, except such as may be given them by mother and father. Once they have started, there is seldom anything between them and the necessity for sticking at work, except the Poor Law and its wretched institutions, until earth covers them in the grave. On the boy’s ability to keep himself in health and strength depends his ability to earn his bread and make a place for himself in the world. Once having attained the age of manhood, the average workman reaches the highest...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-part-in-poverty-77543/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-part-in-poverty-77543/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-part-in-poverty-77543/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-part-in-poverty-77543/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-part-in-poverty-77543/chapters/3/index.md)