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Which line in the excerpt from “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson exposes the attitude of the Victorians toward idle people?

It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto

1. a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed,

and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees. All times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with

2. those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when

Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vexed the dim sea: I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart

3. Much have I seen and known-- cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments,

4. Myself not least, but honoured of them all--

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Clearly, the words there -- hoard, sleep, feed -- all refer to idleness. The words "a savage race" put next to "hoard", "sleep", and "feed" show that the Victorian mentality towards idle people is disapproval and disgust. They see idle people as less than they are for idleness is somewhat of a heinous crime, a mortal sin. 
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The line in the excerpt from “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson which exposes the attitude of the Victorians toward idle people is Clearly, the words there -- hoard, sleep, feed -- all refer to idleness.

Who is an Idle Person?

This refers to a person who has nothing doing and is just whiling away his time instead of doing a productive thing.

With this in mind, we can see that from the given excerpt, we can see that the author talks about the attitude of the Victorians towards the idle people as they are are looked upon with disdain and described as people who "hoard, sleep and eat"

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