Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesCompanion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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I have two hands that represent my labor power . I have some bone and muscle and sinew and some energy . I want to ex- change the use of these for food and clothing and shelter . But between me and the tools with which work is done ...
I have two hands that represent my labor power . I have some bone and muscle and sinew and some energy . I want to ex- change the use of these for food and clothing and shelter . But between me and the tools with which work is done ...
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We added a great international charter for the rights of labor . Reject this treaty , impair it , and this is the consequence to the laboring men of the world , that there is no international tribunal which can bring the moral judgments ...
We added a great international charter for the rights of labor . Reject this treaty , impair it , and this is the consequence to the laboring men of the world , that there is no international tribunal which can bring the moral judgments ...
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live without labor , either manual or professional , being few and of moderate wealth . Most of the laboring class possess property , cultivate their own lands , have families and from the demand for their labor , are enabled to exact ...
live without labor , either manual or professional , being few and of moderate wealth . Most of the laboring class possess property , cultivate their own lands , have families and from the demand for their labor , are enabled to exact ...
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Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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| Title | Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century Issues |
| Author | Ernest J. Wrage |
| Editors | Ernest J. Wrage, Barnet Baskerville |
| Publisher | Harper, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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