... One day I walked with one of these middle-class gentlemen into Manchester. I spoke LU him about the disgraceful unhealthy slums and drew his attention to the disgusting condition
of that part of the town in which the factory workers lived. I declared that I had never seen so
badly built a town in my life. He listened patiently and at the corner of the street at which we
parted company he remarked: "And yet there is a great deal of money made here. Good
morning, Sir."...
Source: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1845, Stanford
University Press (adapted) from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January
2009.
Question #4: Based on this document which statement best describes the author's point of
view?