Portrait of Elmbury
“and little experience of life asks me the best way to begin the study of sociology I shall suggest at least two years in the office of an auctioneer.
Consider the opportunities provided by such a course. The auctioneer’s job brings him in touch with every class and person; we are all, at some time in our lives, landlords or tenants, buyers or sellers. It gives him the entry, from time to time, into every house in his district, great or small. So does the doctor’s profession, or the parson’s; bu...t the doctor sees people only when they are ill, or when they think they are ill, and when the parson visits people they are either on their best behaviour or on the defensive. The auctioneer sees them at their best and worst; and usually at the time when some crisis, financial or otherwise, has disrupted their lives. He sees them when the head of the house has died; when their little business has gone smash; when they are in arrears with their rent; when the landlord has given them notice to quit; when the bum-bailie is seizing their furniture for debt; when they go bankrupt.MoreLess
Consider the opportunities provided by such a course. The auctioneer’s job brings him in touch with every class and person; we are all, at some time in our lives, landlords or tenants, buyers or sellers. It gives him the entry, from time to time, into every house in his district, great or small. So does the doctor’s profession, or the parson’s; bu...t the doctor sees people only when they are ill, or when they think they are ill, and when the parson visits people they are either on their best behaviour or on the defensive. The auctioneer sees them at their best and worst; and usually at the time when some crisis, financial or otherwise, has disrupted their lives. He sees them when the head of the house has died; when their little business has gone smash; when they are in arrears with their rent; when the landlord has given them notice to quit; when the bum-bailie is seizing their furniture for debt; when they go bankrupt.MoreLess
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