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Page 9
... difference on which I wish to fix your attention , for it is precisely this difference which you have to do away with . We know the necessity of authority in farm , or in fleet , or in army ; but we commonly refuse to admit it in the ...
... difference on which I wish to fix your attention , for it is precisely this difference which you have to do away with . We know the necessity of authority in farm , or in fleet , or in army ; but we commonly refuse to admit it in the ...
Page 155
... difference is not the actual difference . By the unjust procedure , half the proper price of the work is left in the hands of the employer . This enables him to hire another man at the same unjust rate , on some other kind of work ; and ...
... difference is not the actual difference . By the unjust procedure , half the proper price of the work is left in the hands of the employer . This enables him to hire another man at the same unjust rate , on some other kind of work ; and ...
Page 183
... difference to the labourer whether he bid him swing his scythe in the spring winds , or drive the loom in pesti- lential air ; but , so far as his pocket is concerned , it makes to him absolutely no difference whether we order him to ...
... difference to the labourer whether he bid him swing his scythe in the spring winds , or drive the loom in pesti- lential air ; but , so far as his pocket is concerned , it makes to him absolutely no difference whether we order him to ...
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