How we cite our quotes: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
…there were hundreds of out-of-work clerks and shopmen working side by side with the customary navvies… (2.9.7)
We get a lot of general pronouncements about the world after the Martian invasion. Sure, sure, there's a new "commonweal of mankind" (2.10.8), but we don't get a lot of concrete descriptions of what's going on. What does a "commonweal of mankind" even mean? This passage does provide us with one strong image of the new order, though. Instead of people leaving the dirty work to the laborers, everyone is pitching in and trying to help out.