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And though absolute justice be unattainable , as much justice as we need for all
practical use is attainable by all those who make it their aim . We have to
examine , then , in the subject before us , what are the laws of justice respecting
payment ...
And though absolute justice be unattainable , as much justice as we need for all
practical use is attainable by all those who make it their aim . We have to
examine , then , in the subject before us , what are the laws of justice respecting
payment ...
Page 70
If we promise to give him less labour than he has given us , we under - pay him .
... these two points of injustice in succession ; but first I wish the reader to clearly
understand the central principle , lying between the two , of right or just payment .
If we promise to give him less labour than he has given us , we under - pay him .
... these two points of injustice in succession ; but first I wish the reader to clearly
understand the central principle , lying between the two , of right or just payment .
Page 72
And this equity or justice of payment is , observe , wholly independent of any
reference to the number of men who are willing to do the work . I want a
horseshoe for my horse . Twenty smiths , or twenty thousand smiths , may be
ready to forge it ...
And this equity or justice of payment is , observe , wholly independent of any
reference to the number of men who are willing to do the work . I want a
horseshoe for my horse . Twenty smiths , or twenty thousand smiths , may be
ready to forge it ...
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| Title | Unto this Last Volume 25 of Tauchnitz pocket library Volume 35 of The Kings treasuries of literature |
| Author | John Ruskin |
| Editor | Susan Cunnington |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1920 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2017 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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