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... labouring classes , antagonism between workmen and employers , over - speculation , ill- directed charity , excessive and ill - assessed taxes unproductive expenditure on the part of nations or towns are Author's Preface ix.
... labouring classes , antagonism between workmen and employers , over - speculation , ill- directed charity , excessive and ill - assessed taxes unproductive expenditure on the part of nations or towns are Author's Preface ix.
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... Workmen ? 93 § 5. How Machinery may Compel Workmen to change their Occupation 95 § 6. How Machinery increases the Employment of Workmen 96 CHAPTER VI . THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN PRO- DUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 98 CHAPTER ...
... Workmen ? 93 § 5. How Machinery may Compel Workmen to change their Occupation 95 § 6. How Machinery increases the Employment of Workmen 96 CHAPTER VI . THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN PRO- DUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 98 CHAPTER ...
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... workmen to save him the trouble . He replied , " This I do to show the people that labour is no disgrace . It is only he who shuns it who is dishonoured . " Hence the maxim , " Love labour , and hate excessive wealth . " The regions of ...
... workmen to save him the trouble . He replied , " This I do to show the people that labour is no disgrace . It is only he who shuns it who is dishonoured . " Hence the maxim , " Love labour , and hate excessive wealth . " The regions of ...
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... workmen is determined by the degree of development in them of the feeling of prudence . " If the Flemish communes were so rich and powerful in the Middle Ages , it was because all the manly virtues of the labourer prevailed among them ...
... workmen is determined by the degree of development in them of the feeling of prudence . " If the Flemish communes were so rich and powerful in the Middle Ages , it was because all the manly virtues of the labourer prevailed among them ...
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... workmen , since each is constantly employed on what he does best ; and a notable saving in the cost of labour , inasmuch as where all payments are in proportion to the diffi- culty of the work , the simpler processes can be intrusted to ...
... workmen , since each is constantly employed on what he does best ; and a notable saving in the cost of labour , inasmuch as where all payments are in proportion to the diffi- culty of the work , the simpler processes can be intrusted to ...
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