Unto This LastUnto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, "very violently criticized" and the publisher was forced to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in 1904 and it had a huge impact on his social and economic philosophy, with Gandhi making an immediate decision to live according to Ruskin's teachings. |
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Page 21
... merchants: the reason it honours the soldier is, because he holds his life at the service of the State. Reckless he may be — fond of pleasure or of adventureall kinds of bye-motives and mean impulses may have determined the choice of ...
... merchants: the reason it honours the soldier is, because he holds his life at the service of the State. Reckless he may be — fond of pleasure or of adventureall kinds of bye-motives and mean impulses may have determined the choice of ...
Page 23
... merchant is presumed to act always selfishly. His work may be very necessary to the community. but the motive of it is understood to be wholly personal. The merchant's first object in all his dealings must be (the public believe) to get ...
... merchant is presumed to act always selfishly. His work may be very necessary to the community. but the motive of it is understood to be wholly personal. The merchant's first object in all his dealings must be (the public believe) to get ...
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John Ruskin. merchant differs as much from a merchant according to laws of modern political economy, as the hero of the Excursion from Autolycus. They will find that commerce is an occupation which gentlemen will every day see more need ...
John Ruskin. merchant differs as much from a merchant according to laws of modern political economy, as the hero of the Excursion from Autolycus. They will find that commerce is an occupation which gentlemen will every day see more need ...
Page 25
... Merchant's to provide for it. And the duty of all these men is, on due occasion, to die for it. "On due occasion ... Merchant-what is his "due occasion" of death? It is the main question for the merchant, as for 25.
... Merchant's to provide for it. And the duty of all these men is, on due occasion, to die for it. "On due occasion ... Merchant-what is his "due occasion" of death? It is the main question for the merchant, as for 25.
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... merchant's function (or manufacturer's, for in the broad sense in which it is here used the word must be understood ... merchant. All three, if true men, have a work to be done irrespective of fee — to be done even at any cost, or for ...
... merchant's function (or manufacturer's, for in the broad sense in which it is here used the word must be understood ... merchant. All three, if true men, have a work to be done irrespective of fee — to be done even at any cost, or for ...
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