I would make use of the tendency to association, which is so strong among them.

They have numberless benefit clubs; they stand together resolutely to help each other in time of need and to exact terms from their employers--the fair fight, as the worthy Member for Vauxhall calls it.

Well, why shouldn't they band for moral and intellectual purposes?
I would have a sort of freemasonry, which had nothing to do with eating and drinking, or with the dispensing of charity; it should be wholly concerned with spiritual advancement.
These men cannot become rich, and so are free from one kind of danger; they are not likely to fall into privation; they have a certain amount of leisure.

If one could only stir a few of them to enthusiasm for an ideal of life! Suppose one could teach them to feel the purpose of such a book as "Sesame and Lilies," which you only moderately care for, Miss Newthorpe--' 'Not so!' Annabel broke in, involuntarily.

'I think it very beautiful and very noble.' 'What book is that ?' asked Paula with curiosity.
'I'll give it to you to read, Paula,' her cousin replied.
Egremont continued: 'The work of people who labour in the abominable quarters of the town would be absurdly insignificant in comparison with what these men might do.