If these happy democrats could prove their case, they would strike democracy dead.

If the poor are thus utterly demoralized, it may or may not be practical to raise them.

But it is certainly quite practical to disfranchise them.

If the man with a bad bedroom cannot give a good vote, then the first and swiftest deduction is that he shall give no vote.

The governing class may not unreasonably say, "It may take us some time to reform his bedroom.