Taken From Life

Excerpt from Taken From Life
The chief credit for this book must be given to Mr. Hoppe. It was he who invented it, accepting me later as a collaborator; although in various cases I have been able to influence his choice of sitters. And now that the book is finished, I feel more strongly than ever that the photographs are the truly descriptive matter and my letterpress no more than a reference which may serve to check the reader's inferences.
Nevertheless, the responsibility for the opinions expressed is mine. When I began to write these little biographies, I had not realised that I was committed to any criticism of the society that had produced my examples. I had nothing more in my mind than the presentation of certain little pieces of human history.
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