Hector Berlioz Quote

Poor devils! Where do these unfortunate creatures come from? On what butcher's block will they meet their end? What reward does municipal munificence allot them for thus cleaning (or dirtying) the pavements of Paris? At what age are they sent to the glue factory? What becomes of their bones (their skin is good for nothing)?

Les Grotesques de la Musique (Paris: A. Bourdilliat, 1859) p. 89;