Are they not of the human race!

Ebenezer Scrooge:

Where are we now? I'm sure I don't know this place. Ghost of Christmas Present:
The name would mean nothing to you. It's a place, like many in this world. Meg:
Do we have enough wood for the night? Ben:
Ah, it'll last through the night. At least there's one thing still free in this country. Meg:
[Checking the food the Children are cooking over the fire]
Mary, Peter they're cooked. Peter (their son):
They're too hot. Meg:
They'll be cold soon enough. Mary (their daughter):
Where did you get these father? Ben:
I didn't steal them, if that's what you say. Meg:
She didn't say you stole them. Ben:
She should have some respect. Meg:
Don't berate the girl. [Speaking to Mary] Meg:
They fell from a cart into the road. Ben:
You're father's not a thief girl. Not yet. Ebenezer Scrooge:
Why are these people out here? Men and women in rags. Children eating scraps! There are institutions. Ghost of Christmas Present:
Have you visited any of them? These institutions you speak of? Ebenezer Scrooge:
No! I am taxed for them. Isn't that enough? Ghost of Christmas Present:
Is it? Meg:
Ben, come back to the fire. Ben:
Look at these hands, Meg. They're hard hands; they've done hard work. I want to work. I want to have bread for my Children. It's not right that there's no work. Meg:
We're together Ben. That's the important thing. Ben:
I love you Meg. I love the Children. Tomorrow take the Children and go to the parish poorhouse. Meg:
No! No. I'd rather we all drown in the river than go to one of those places and be separated forever. Ben:
Until I get work? Meg:
No! Ben, we're a family. We stay together. Come. Come back to the fire. Come. Ebenezer Scrooge:
Why do you show me this? What does it have to do with me? Ghost of Christmas Present:
Are they not of the human race!