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... suppose any workman worthy the name will put his brains into a cup or an urn , which he knows is to go to the melting pot in half - a - score years ? He will not ; you don't ask or expect it of him . You ask of him nothing but a little ...
... suppose any workman worthy the name will put his brains into a cup or an urn , which he knows is to go to the melting pot in half - a - score years ? He will not ; you don't ask or expect it of him . You ask of him nothing but a little ...
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... ( suppose ten ) , and during that time 1,000,000 dollars ' worth of work has been done by the people , who have been paid that sum for it . Where is the product of that work ? By your own statement , wholly consumed ; for the man for whom ...
... ( suppose ten ) , and during that time 1,000,000 dollars ' worth of work has been done by the people , who have been paid that sum for it . Where is the product of that work ? By your own statement , wholly consumed ; for the man for whom ...
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... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
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