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... Labor can Now be Spared . Together with the reply of Mr. E. M. Chamberlin , representing the Labor Union , and Mr. Atkinson's rejoinder to the reply . ( No. XL . of " The Questions of the Day Series " ' ) Cloth , 75 cents ; paper 40 ...
... Labor can Now be Spared . Together with the reply of Mr. E. M. Chamberlin , representing the Labor Union , and Mr. Atkinson's rejoinder to the reply . ( No. XL . of " The Questions of the Day Series " ' ) Cloth , 75 cents ; paper 40 ...
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... labor to the perception of his manhood , and by the development of his own personal character and intelligence to the domination of the forces of nature . If there were no material wrong to be overcome in the physical world , there ...
... labor to the perception of his manhood , and by the development of his own personal character and intelligence to the domination of the forces of nature . If there were no material wrong to be overcome in the physical world , there ...
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... labor and capital expended upon it . Hence the fallacy of his alleged law of diminishing returns from land in proportion to the labor and capital put upon it . He omitted the mind of man in his treatment of the land question , and ...
... labor and capital expended upon it . Hence the fallacy of his alleged law of diminishing returns from land in proportion to the labor and capital put upon it . He omitted the mind of man in his treatment of the land question , and ...
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... labor . So far as there are any statistics which can be relied upon for proof , the proposition or hypothesis which I have just substituted for consider- ation is more fully sustained than any other economic proposition upon this branch ...
... labor . So far as there are any statistics which can be relied upon for proof , the proposition or hypothesis which I have just substituted for consider- ation is more fully sustained than any other economic proposition upon this branch ...
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... labor which you save them . At this standard if you engage in reputable and useful occupation , the very dollars of your gain , no matter how numerous they may become , will be the tokens and the measure of the services which you have ...
... labor which you save them . At this standard if you engage in reputable and useful occupation , the very dollars of your gain , no matter how numerous they may become , will be the tokens and the measure of the services which you have ...
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Page 390 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 30 - RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow : The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 383 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 388 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Page 383 - A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.
Page 30 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Page 383 - The rest of mankind, God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Page 80 - Of let him take who has the power, And let him keep who can, the Boers now proceeded to possess themselves of as much territory as they wanted.
Page 382 - We believe that there is one God, whose nature is Love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness.
Page 264 - To individuals this policy is as injurious as it is to government. A system of artificial government protection leads the people to too much reliance on government. If left to their own choice of pursuits, they depend on their own skill and their own industry. But if government essentially affects their occupations by its systems of bounties or preferences, it is natural, when in distress, that they should call on the government for relief.