Is not the fault of poor Russians or Jews;
'Tisn't the middleman more than the factor,
'Tisn't, no 'tisn't, the sub-contractor;
'Tisn't machinery. No! In fact,
What Sweating is, in a manner exact,
After much thinking we cannot define.
Who is to blame for it? Well, we incline
To think that the Sweated (improvident elves!)
Are, at the bottom, to blame themselves!
They're poor of spirit, and weak of will,