3. I have thought very deeply about this problem for a long time, and I have come up with a plan. Under my plan, these children will not suffer from the need of food and clothing for the rest of their lives. Instead, they will help feed and clothe thousands of others.
4. I calculate that every year in Ireland a hundred and twenty
thousand children are born to parents too poor to take care of
them. How can these children be made useful? These days,
there is no work for them on farms or in manufacturing. Only
the cleverest can make a decent living as a thief before the age of six, although of course most children learn the basics much
sooner.
The main idea of paragraphs 3-4:
