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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... social & economic conditions of Pullman , Ill . , 111 . 1872 18. Peabody , A.P. The rights & dangers of property .. 19. Phillips , 7 : W . Honpartisan industrial commission ... 18 20. Quincy , Josiah . Moderate houses for moderate means ...
... social & economic conditions of Pullman , Ill . , 111 . 1872 18. Peabody , A.P. The rights & dangers of property .. 19. Phillips , 7 : W . Honpartisan industrial commission ... 18 20. Quincy , Josiah . Moderate houses for moderate means ...
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... social standing . If allowed to purchase at any price , land monopolists finding the people were in the market for the land , would put it at such extortionate prices that most of the loan would be in land instead of in dwellings . On ...
... social standing . If allowed to purchase at any price , land monopolists finding the people were in the market for the land , would put it at such extortionate prices that most of the loan would be in land instead of in dwellings . On ...
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... social problems that confront us will be found difficult enough to solve when men bring to the work intelligent con- viction and honest effort . We will not be helped any by the mere gratuitous lip service of the pretended friends of ...
... social problems that confront us will be found difficult enough to solve when men bring to the work intelligent con- viction and honest effort . We will not be helped any by the mere gratuitous lip service of the pretended friends of ...
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... social insurance for the working classes . It was originally promoted by Prince Bismarck partly in deference to the prevalent feeling in Germany that something must be done , partly to take the wind out of the sails of the Socialists ...
... social insurance for the working classes . It was originally promoted by Prince Bismarck partly in deference to the prevalent feeling in Germany that something must be done , partly to take the wind out of the sails of the Socialists ...
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... social standpoint it is to be remembered that some of the friendly societies already existing are recognized by the Government , subject to their conferring benefits equal to those of the law , and subject to certain other provisions ...
... social standpoint it is to be remembered that some of the friendly societies already existing are recognized by the Government , subject to their conferring benefits equal to those of the law , and subject to certain other provisions ...
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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...