The Rights and Dangers of Property: A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, January 3, 1872 |
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... contract and money to be made in the future , could spend their time , and employ suitable men to explain to the legislature how much these unfortunate wards of the state needed a palace to live in . Think of the happiness of the ...
... contract and money to be made in the future , could spend their time , and employ suitable men to explain to the legislature how much these unfortunate wards of the state needed a palace to live in . Think of the happiness of the ...
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... contract or conveyance shall be made for more than the amount of three hundred dollars without a previous vote by the corporation authorizing the same , NOTE . The directors should never be allowed to make a contract for a larger amount ...
... contract or conveyance shall be made for more than the amount of three hundred dollars without a previous vote by the corporation authorizing the same , NOTE . The directors should never be allowed to make a contract for a larger amount ...
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... contract sufficient to protect the funds or the corporation from loss . The terms of the contract shall be fixed by the board of directors , and all agreements for stock , labor or land shall be in writing , signed by a majority of the ...
... contract sufficient to protect the funds or the corporation from loss . The terms of the contract shall be fixed by the board of directors , and all agreements for stock , labor or land shall be in writing , signed by a majority of the ...
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... contract , that may come under his observation , and all such reports shall be con- sidered by the board of directors . Any person drawing a right , may , if he has a lot considered by the directors suitable to build a house upon , deed ...
... contract , that may come under his observation , and all such reports shall be con- sidered by the board of directors . Any person drawing a right , may , if he has a lot considered by the directors suitable to build a house upon , deed ...
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... contract from any such corporation any amount so paid on its account . NOTE . The corporations are completely under the direction and control of the citizens , even more so than the municipal governments , and it will be good policy for ...
... contract from any such corporation any amount so paid on its account . NOTE . The corporations are completely under the direction and control of the citizens , even more so than the municipal governments , and it will be good policy for ...
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Page 4 - The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers, one with another, to subsist and to perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.
Page 4 - It is not to be understood that the natural price of labour, estimated even in food and necessaries, is absolutely fixed and constant. It varies at different times in the same country, and very materially differs in different countries*. It essentially depends on the habits and customs of the people.
Page 29 - Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Page 14 - It shall be lawful for one or more persons, acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a trade union or of an individual employer or firm in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, to attend at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working.
Page 14 - ... liable either to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labor.
Page 3 - God made man in his own image," and " gave him dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowls of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Page 6 - It was contended at the bar that if what was done in this case had been done by one person only, his conduct would not have been actionable, and that the fact that what was done was effected by many acting in concert makes no difference. My Lords, one man without others behind him who would obey his orders could not have done what these defendants did. One man exercising the same control over others as these defendants had could have acted as they did, and, if he had done so, I conceive that he would...