On Labour: Its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues, Its Actual Present and Possible FutureMacmillan, 1870 - 499 pages |
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... cent . It was 104 per 10,000 in the English districts , 194 in the Scotch , 91 in the Irish . The differences in favour of Scotland are noteworthy , and suggestive in more than one respect . the gaunt spectres of the tailor's sweating ...
... cent . It was 104 per 10,000 in the English districts , 194 in the Scotch , 91 in the Irish . The differences in favour of Scotland are noteworthy , and suggestive in more than one respect . the gaunt spectres of the tailor's sweating ...
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... cent . * of the population are in receipt of parish relief , whereas in France , † corresponding or equivalent * In 1866-7 the number of paupers in England and Wales was 931,546 , or four and a half per cent . upon the estimated ...
... cent . * of the population are in receipt of parish relief , whereas in France , † corresponding or equivalent * In 1866-7 the number of paupers in England and Wales was 931,546 , or four and a half per cent . upon the estimated ...
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... cent . , still the patent fact that three out of every hundred Englishmen and women cannot or could not , if they were fit for it , find work enough to live upon , speaks very plainly for itself , and sug- gests an equally plain ...
... cent . , still the patent fact that three out of every hundred Englishmen and women cannot or could not , if they were fit for it , find work enough to live upon , speaks very plainly for itself , and sug- gests an equally plain ...
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... cent . per cent . interest , and in the other invests in a speculation from which he expects per- haps three or four hundred per cent . profit . ' What an unconscionable usurer ! ' you exclaim , and cer- tainly not without reason ; yet ...
... cent . per cent . interest , and in the other invests in a speculation from which he expects per- haps three or four hundred per cent . profit . ' What an unconscionable usurer ! ' you exclaim , and cer- tainly not without reason ; yet ...
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... cent . , every usurious jot of it , was his undoubted due by a double title , -by the very selfsame titles , and by both of them , by which alone hired and unhired labour are respectively warranted in appropriating their respective ...
... cent . , every usurious jot of it , was his undoubted due by a double title , -by the very selfsame titles , and by both of them , by which alone hired and unhired labour are respectively warranted in appropriating their respective ...
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