James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... labor that they may live , and thus make a proper return for what they receive , as working bees , not drones , in the social hive . Not from palace or castle , but from the cottage have come , or can come , the needed leaders of our ...
... labor that they may live , and thus make a proper return for what they receive , as working bees , not drones , in the social hive . Not from palace or castle , but from the cottage have come , or can come , the needed leaders of our ...
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... labor is to become , and how , cannot be forecast until we know what his mother is , who is to him nurse , servant , governess , teacher and saint , all in one . We must look to the Watt women as carefully as to the men ; and these ...
... labor is to become , and how , cannot be forecast until we know what his mother is , who is to him nurse , servant , governess , teacher and saint , all in one . We must look to the Watt women as carefully as to the men ; and these ...
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... labor had won its way in London , though yet unknown in the country . The jack - of - all - trades , the handy- man , who can do everything , gives place to the special- ist who confines himself to one thing in which practice makes him ...
... labor had won its way in London , though yet unknown in the country . The jack - of - all - trades , the handy- man , who can do everything , gives place to the special- ist who confines himself to one thing in which practice makes him ...
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... labor , who have never labored , generally make the profound mistake of considering labor as one solid mass , when the truth is that it contains orders and degrees as distinct as those in aristocracy . The workman skilled beyond his ...
... labor , who have never labored , generally make the profound mistake of considering labor as one solid mass , when the truth is that it contains orders and degrees as distinct as those in aristocracy . The workman skilled beyond his ...
Page 33
... labor goes the salt of pride of profession , preventing rot and keeping all fresh in the main , because on the ... labor . There will be friction , of course , between capital and labor , but it will be healthy friction , As needed by ...
... labor goes the salt of pride of profession , preventing rot and keeping all fresh in the main , because on the ... labor . There will be friction , of course , between capital and labor , but it will be healthy friction , As needed by ...
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