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Page xiv
... live diminished lives in the midst of noise , of darkness , and of deadly exhalation . But the world cannot become a factory , nor a mine : " the world cannot support its population by manufactures alone . Wherefore , he rejoices to ...
... live diminished lives in the midst of noise , of darkness , and of deadly exhalation . But the world cannot become a factory , nor a mine : " the world cannot support its population by manufactures alone . Wherefore , he rejoices to ...
Page 88
... live upon , or live in , when he might have grown corn or built houses : when the sale therefore is effected in the country itself , it does not add to , but diminishes , the monetary resources of the country , except only so far as it ...
... live upon , or live in , when he might have grown corn or built houses : when the sale therefore is effected in the country itself , it does not add to , but diminishes , the monetary resources of the country , except only so far as it ...
Page 124
... live are necessarily higher , if his work is liable to intermission , than if it is assured and continuous ; and however severe the struggle for work may become , the general law will always hold , that men must get more daily pay if ...
... live are necessarily higher , if his work is liable to intermission , than if it is assured and continuous ; and however severe the struggle for work may become , the general law will always hold , that men must get more daily pay if ...
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