nearly midnight on
Saturday
Such so-called `` instruction '' is like the seed in the parable of the Sower , which fell on stony ground and withered away because it had no depth of earth ; and even in those cases where it does take root and grow , it becomes like the seed that fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it , and it bore no fruit . ` The majority of us forget in a year or two all that we learnt at school because the conditions of our lives are such as to destroy all inclination for culture or refinement . We must see that the children are properly clothed and fed and that they are not made to get up in the middle of the night to go to work for several hours before they go to school . We must make it illegal for any greedy , heartless profit-hunter to hire them and make them labour for several hours in the evening after school , or all day and till nearly midnight on Saturday . We must first see that our children are cared for , as well as the children of savage races , before we can expect a proper return for the money that we spend on education . ' ` I do n't mind admitting that this ` ere scheme of national ownership and industries is all right if it could only be done , ' said Harlow , ` but at present , all the land , railways and factories , belongs to private capitalists ; they ca n't be bought without money , and you say you ai n't goin ' to take 'em away by force , so I should like to know how the bloody ` ell you are goin ' to get 'em ? ' ` We certainly do n't propose to buy them with money , for the simple reason that there is not sufficient money in existence to pay for them .