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Page 176
... labour is the natural and righteous aspiration of industrious men , whose wages are poor , whose houses are sunless and ugly , whose conditions of labour are dangerous and unhealthy . We must not be cross or impatient with these nice ...
... labour is the natural and righteous aspiration of industrious men , whose wages are poor , whose houses are sunless and ugly , whose conditions of labour are dangerous and unhealthy . We must not be cross or impatient with these nice ...
Page 318
... labour , and they go from their labour to a dark and sunless house in the slums . They have no ex- perience of nature , no experience of home . Their wives toil in factories , or at sweated labour in a miserable kitchen ; their children ...
... labour , and they go from their labour to a dark and sunless house in the slums . They have no ex- perience of nature , no experience of home . Their wives toil in factories , or at sweated labour in a miserable kitchen ; their children ...
Page 326
... labour in the textile trades of that city are very far from what they ought to be , and are in other towns in the United Kingdom . And , further , we contend that the attention of the workers is designedly distracted from all attempts ...
... labour in the textile trades of that city are very far from what they ought to be , and are in other towns in the United Kingdom . And , further , we contend that the attention of the workers is designedly distracted from all attempts ...
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