Quotation from: The People of the Abyss

Written by: Jack London

"But they're bloomin' clever, them chaps," said an admiring voice.

"Course they are," said another voice. "But it's not the likes of me an'
you can do it. You got to be born to it, I say. Them chaps 'ave ben
openin' cabs an' sellin' papers since the day they was born, an' their
fathers an' mothers before 'em. It's all in the trainin', I say, an' the
likes of me an' you 'ud starve at it."