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... classes should be educated , and generously trusted with a fair share of political power . But here another danger sets in - the flattery of the plat- form and of the press , the flattery of the designing rich and the scheming demagogue ...
... classes should be educated , and generously trusted with a fair share of political power . But here another danger sets in - the flattery of the plat- form and of the press , the flattery of the designing rich and the scheming demagogue ...
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... classes . And working men themselves are mani- festing a concern in each other's welfare , and in the well- being of the community at large . This argues well for the future of the nation and of the world . What the ultim- ate issue ...
... classes . And working men themselves are mani- festing a concern in each other's welfare , and in the well- being of the community at large . This argues well for the future of the nation and of the world . What the ultim- ate issue ...
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... class will for ever be separated from class , the poor suspecting the rich and the rich suspecting the poor . I cannot and will not abandon myself to despair with reference to my country and my race . Serfdom and slavery , mental ...
... class will for ever be separated from class , the poor suspecting the rich and the rich suspecting the poor . I cannot and will not abandon myself to despair with reference to my country and my race . Serfdom and slavery , mental ...
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... classes for young men engaged in shops and ware- houses during the day , and the great facilities for obtaining private lessons on all kinds of subjects . But as it concerns godly young men and their duty , is there not another and ...
... classes for young men engaged in shops and ware- houses during the day , and the great facilities for obtaining private lessons on all kinds of subjects . But as it concerns godly young men and their duty , is there not another and ...
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... classes . Again and again I have resolved that if I can assist in the moral and social elevation of the hard - handed sons of toil , I will , by God's blessing , do it . But as so very much depends on men themselves for im- proving ...
... classes . Again and again I have resolved that if I can assist in the moral and social elevation of the hard - handed sons of toil , I will , by God's blessing , do it . But as so very much depends on men themselves for im- proving ...
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