A Treatise on the Circumstances which Determine the Rate of Wages and the Condition of the Labouring ClassesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 114 páginas |
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... common with the gods of Epicurus . hardly less injurious to them than to the poor . standing the influence which justly belongs to rank and wealth , every one is aware that " It is the hand of the dili- gent which bears rule . " We may ...
... common with the gods of Epicurus . hardly less injurious to them than to the poor . standing the influence which justly belongs to rank and wealth , every one is aware that " It is the hand of the dili- gent which bears rule . " We may ...
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... common standard , would be L.15 ; and it is further evident that this rate could not be increased otherwise than by increasing the amount of capital in a greater proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of ...
... common standard , would be L.15 ; and it is further evident that this rate could not be increased otherwise than by increasing the amount of capital in a greater proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of ...
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... common sense . The lazy , the unskilful , and the improvident workman , whether he belong to Australia or China , Eng- land or Russia , will always be poor and miserable . No man can devolve on government , or on others , any portion of ...
... common sense . The lazy , the unskilful , and the improvident workman , whether he belong to Australia or China , Eng- land or Russia , will always be poor and miserable . No man can devolve on government , or on others , any portion of ...
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... common field labour in Yorkshire and most parts of the north and east of England may be reckoned at about 14s . a week , whereas in Dorset , Somerset , and other south - western counties , it is little , if anything , more than half 32 ...
... common field labour in Yorkshire and most parts of the north and east of England may be reckoned at about 14s . a week , whereas in Dorset , Somerset , and other south - western counties , it is little , if anything , more than half 32 ...
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... common allegation , that if the poor can earn as much in three or four days as will support them during the week , they will absent themselves for the remainder of it from their employment , and indulge in all manner of excesses ...
... common allegation , that if the poor can earn as much in three or four days as will support them during the week , they will absent themselves for the remainder of it from their employment , and indulge in all manner of excesses ...
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