1 | Millions of people were rendered partially or wholly destitute during the war. | |
2 | Materially, he is robbing the common people even of their food and clothing, making them cry out in hunger and cold; | |
3 | While the house of the rich and powerful present a scene of feasting and revelry, cries of hunger and cold are heard out in the streets. | |
4 | They cry from hunger and cold. | |
5 | One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. |