The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page 197
... Labor " I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails in New England under which laborers can strike when they want to , where they are not obliged to work under all circumstances and are not tied down and obliged to labor whether ...
... Labor " I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails in New England under which laborers can strike when they want to , where they are not obliged to work under all circumstances and are not tied down and obliged to labor whether ...
Page 198
... labor cannot produce without the use of land , the denial of the equal right to use of land is necessarily the denial of the right of labor to its own produce . HENRY GEORGE , Ibid . Take now some hard - headed business man , who has no ...
... labor cannot produce without the use of land , the denial of the equal right to use of land is necessarily the denial of the right of labor to its own produce . HENRY GEORGE , Ibid . Take now some hard - headed business man , who has no ...
Page 377
... labor from the slave to the master . The slave is an apprentice for life , and owes his labor to his master ; the master owes support , during life , to the slave . Slavery is the Negro system of labor . He is lazy and improvident ...
... labor from the slave to the master . The slave is an apprentice for life , and owes his labor to his master ; the master owes support , during life , to the slave . Slavery is the Negro system of labor . He is lazy and improvident ...
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