On Labour: Its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues, Its Actual Present and Possible FutureMacmillan, 1870 - 499 pages |
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... proportions , but the absolute number of rejections was larger , as more than a fourth of the men had been ... proportion of ' tall ' men , six feet or upwards , among those examined was a trifle more than one per cent . It was ...
... proportions , but the absolute number of rejections was larger , as more than a fourth of the men had been ... proportion of ' tall ' men , six feet or upwards , among those examined was a trifle more than one per cent . It was ...
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... proportion of our fellow - men condemned to fates like this . In this favoured England of ours there is at least as much of culture and refinement as in any other equal space on the globe's surface ; there are at least as many persons ...
... proportion of our fellow - men condemned to fates like this . In this favoured England of ours there is at least as much of culture and refinement as in any other equal space on the globe's surface ; there are at least as many persons ...
Page 32
... proportion to numbers . But out of a weekly allow- ance of 35. per head , to pay rent , buy food , fuel , and clothes , provide for the repair and renewal of furniture , and meet miscellaneous incidental expenses which the poorest and ...
... proportion to numbers . But out of a weekly allow- ance of 35. per head , to pay rent , buy food , fuel , and clothes , provide for the repair and renewal of furniture , and meet miscellaneous incidental expenses which the poorest and ...
Page 43
... proportion between supply and demand ; and if it does really so depend , we are clearly engaging in an almost hopeless enquiry . If the price of labour does so depend , there is plainly but one means by which it can be enhanced : the ...
... proportion between supply and demand ; and if it does really so depend , we are clearly engaging in an almost hopeless enquiry . If the price of labour does so depend , there is plainly but one means by which it can be enhanced : the ...
Page 44
... proportion between supply and demand , and that no de- finitions ever have or can be given of supply and demand consistently with which price can so depend . To make good these assertions will be the first object of the present 45 ...
... proportion between supply and demand , and that no de- finitions ever have or can be given of supply and demand consistently with which price can so depend . To make good these assertions will be the first object of the present 45 ...
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