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I, Vagabond

Book by Sri Nehru Maharaj · 2 quotes · Poverty, Childhood, Classism

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“What amazes me is the way children grow up together, yet some become decent people, and others fall by the wayside. But what chance does a boy have to improve himself, when he cannot get a proper meal to eat, or books to go to school? He cannot excel in a class when the more fortunate children have all the opportunities. He has no guide, no encouragement, no vision. How can one live, despised by the community, made to feel that he is not a part of that community? The more fortunate seem to feel so good because others are destitute. The poor are to be mocked and trodden upon.”

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“It is human nature to avoid being concerned with the welfare of the less privileged. So often I have observed those a little more fortunate walk by with stiff backs and upturned noses, as though they are infallible, removed from the suffering of humanity. So often the more fortunate assume an air of ridicule and contempt towards men of humbler birth. Out island is not free from discrimination, although it may be subtle and disguised. If you escape the race barrier, there is still that of higher income, and in some circles, that of a high school education.”

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