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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... ultimately the best possible, both to others and ourselves, though we can neither say what is best, or how it is likely to come to pass. I have said balances of justice, meaning, in the term justice, to include affection, — such ...
... ultimately the best possible, both to others and ourselves, though we can neither say what is best, or how it is likely to come to pass. I have said balances of justice, meaning, in the term justice, to include affection, — such ...
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... ultimately done, or of good rendered, by the person so cared for, will indeed be the greatest possible. Observe, I say, "of good rendered," for a servant's work is not necessarily or always the best thing he can give his master. But ...
... ultimately done, or of good rendered, by the person so cared for, will indeed be the greatest possible. Observe, I say, "of good rendered," for a servant's work is not necessarily or always the best thing he can give his master. But ...
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... ultimately on their self-sacrifice. Whatever the learning or acuteness of a great lawyer, our chief respect for him depends on our belief that, set in a judge's seat, he will strive to judge justly, come of it what may. Could we suppose ...
... ultimately on their self-sacrifice. Whatever the learning or acuteness of a great lawyer, our chief respect for him depends on our belief that, set in a judge's seat, he will strive to judge justly, come of it what may. Could we suppose ...
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