The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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Page 60
... labour an influence adequate to its economic weight ? Were intelligence and ability present in the due proportion to material force ? Such questions have only to be put to make patent the impossibility of a reply . No such measurements ...
... labour an influence adequate to its economic weight ? Were intelligence and ability present in the due proportion to material force ? Such questions have only to be put to make patent the impossibility of a reply . No such measurements ...
Page 64
... labour by law ; and to prophesy the devolution of both Tories and Whigs into two parties of competition , who , like Cleon and the Sausage - seller of Aristophanes , will both be bidding for the support of Demos . ' What- ever may be ...
... labour by law ; and to prophesy the devolution of both Tories and Whigs into two parties of competition , who , like Cleon and the Sausage - seller of Aristophanes , will both be bidding for the support of Demos . ' What- ever may be ...
Page 66
... labour in the Commons , and an age of socialistic legislation ? Not in the least . They were merely involved in the irresistible logic of facts . They have enfranchised the town artisans , why not the agricultural labourer ? They have ...
... labour in the Commons , and an age of socialistic legislation ? Not in the least . They were merely involved in the irresistible logic of facts . They have enfranchised the town artisans , why not the agricultural labourer ? They have ...
Page 134
... labour is the only factor in the production of wealth , and that to labour , therefore , district in 1839 for the purpose of suppressing Chartist riots . See his Life , vol . ii . , p . 9 . 1 Before the publication of the Charter the ...
... labour is the only factor in the production of wealth , and that to labour , therefore , district in 1839 for the purpose of suppressing Chartist riots . See his Life , vol . ii . , p . 9 . 1 Before the publication of the Charter the ...
Page 135
... labour so much only as is necessary for the support of his family ; secondly , that he should enjoy the whole fruits of his labour . This work , however , interesting as it is from an historical point of view , does not appear to have ...
... labour so much only as is necessary for the support of his family ; secondly , that he should enjoy the whole fruits of his labour . This work , however , interesting as it is from an historical point of view , does not appear to have ...
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