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1、LONDON'SUNDERWORLDLONDON'SUNDERWORLDbyThomasHolmes(SecretaryoftheHowardAssociation)(1912)*1LONDON'SUNDERWORLDPREFACEIamhopefulthatsomeoftheexperiencesgiveninthefollowingchaptersmaythrowalittlelightuponsomecuriousbutveryserioussocialproblems.Corporatehumanityalwayshashad,andalway
2、swillhave,seriousproblemstoconsider.Themorecivilisedwebecomethemorecomplexandseriouswillbeourproblems--unlesssensibleandmercifulyetthoroughmethodsareadoptedfordealingwiththeevils.Ithinkthatmypageswillshowthatthemethodsnowinuseforcopingwithsomeofourgreatevilsdonotlessen,butconsid
3、erablyincreasetheevilstheyseektocure.WithgreatdiffidenceIventuretopointoutwhatIconceivetobereasonsforfailure,andalsotooffersomesuggestionsthat,ifadopted,will,Ibelieve,greatlyminimise,ifnotremove,certainevils.Imakenoclaimtopropheticwisdom;Iknownoroyalroadtosocialsalvation,norofan
4、yspecifictocureallhumansorrowandsmart.ButIhavehadalengthenedanduniqueexperience.Ihavecloselyobserved,andIhavedeeplypondered.Ihaveseen,thereforeIaskthattheexperiencesnarrated,thestatementsmade,andtheviewsexpressedinthisbookmayreceiveearnestconsideration,notonlyfromthosewhohavethe
5、temeritytoreadit,butseriousconsiderationalsofromourStatesmenandlocalauthorities,fromourChurchesandphilanthropists,fromourmenofbusinessandfrommenoftheworld.Fortrulywearealldeeplyconcernedinthevariousmatterswhicharedealtwithin"London'sUnderworld."THOMASHOLMES.12,BedfordRoad,Totten
6、ham,N.*2LONDON'SUNDERWORLDCHAPTERIMYFRIENDSANDACQUAINTANCESTheoddsandendsofhumanity,soplentifulinLondon'sgreatcity,haveformanyyearslargelyconstitutedmycircleoffriendsandacquaintances.Theyarestrangepeople,foreachofthemis,orwas,possessedofsomedominatingvice,passion,whimorweaknessw
7、hichmadehimincapableoffulfillingtheordinarydutiesofrespectablecitizenship.TheyhadalldescendedfromtheUpperWorld,toliveoutstrangelives,ordieearlydeathsinthemysteriousbutallpervadingworldbelowtheline.SomeofthemIsaw,asitwere,foramomentonly;suddenlyoutofthedarknesstheyburstuponme;sud
8、denlythedarknessagainreceivedthemoutofmysight.B
