9 February 2014

Early grumblings

In a letter from a young Jeremy Bentham to his father, while at Oxford:
P.S. Grievances. No shirts to my back. No good shoes to my Feet. My new Tablecloths full of holes. 
His next letter to his father, a week or so later, has this for a postscript:
I forgot to mention that among my 10 Shirts, 1 is my brother's, another quite a rag, and 1 or 2 not much better.
There are also a number of letters asking for sugar and tea, which, he says, costs twice as much in Oxford.