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Primary Sources

(1) James Keir Hardie, From Serfdom to Socialism (1907)

I was discharged, and my fortnight's wages forfeited by way of punishment.

The news stupefied me, and I finally burst out crying and begged the shopwoman to intercede with the master for me. The morning was wet, and I had been drenched in getting to the shop, and must have presented a pitiable sight as I stood at the counter in my well-patched clothes.

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She spoke to the master through a speaking-tube... but he was obdurate, and finally she, out of the goodness of her heart, gave me a piece of bread... For a time I wandered about the streets in the rain, ashamed to go home where there was neither food nor fire, and actually discussing with myself whether the best thing was not to go and throw myself in the Clyde and be done with a life that had so little attractions.

(2) William Stewart, J.

Keir Hardie: A Biography (1921)

Almost immediately on coming to Newarthill the boy,