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What a strange a set of words:

"Not for him any plea for work to be found for these unfortunates."

What might it mean? Thank you in advance.
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What a strange a set of words:

"Not for him any plea for work to be found for these unfortunates."

What might it mean?
No context has been given, so I have to imagine what it might be. If you will supply some context I might be able to tell you what it means.

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Here it is:

"Joseph Medill, the ultra-conservative owner of the Chicago Tribune wrote an editorial in 1884 on the problem of the city's large mobile population of homeless, jobless men. Not for him ...etc.
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"Joseph Medill, the ultra-conservative owner of the Chicago Tribune wrote an editorial in 1884 on the problem of the city's large mobile population of homeless, jobless men. Not for him ...etc.
He is unaffected by such pleas. Somebody else (more compassionate?) would be more likely to be moved by such pleas.

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