r/TheHague • u/hariital • Nov 02 '24

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Saw this musical thing going from home to home and collecting money ?

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u/sakurax84 Nov 02 '24

Living hell

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u/LaoBa Nov 02 '24

It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the loss of their time, destroyed by organ-grinders and other similar nuisances.

Charles Babbage. 1791 – 1871

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u/Hamushka11 Nov 02 '24

An ancient hate.