Myth and Reality in the Populist RevoltHeath, 1966 - 112 pages |
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Page 32
... asked , " produce no effect on that age ? " " None at all , ” he replied . " Wisdom cries in the streets , and no man regards her . ' The small voice of Philosophy was unheard amid the blare of the trumpets that heralded successful ...
... asked , " produce no effect on that age ? " " None at all , ” he replied . " Wisdom cries in the streets , and no man regards her . ' The small voice of Philosophy was unheard amid the blare of the trumpets that heralded successful ...
Page 35
... asked . " Yes . In Europe , however , they have been constrained , by in- ability to wring more taxes from the impoverished people , to gradually diminish their numbers . There , you know , the real gov- ernment is now a coterie of ...
... asked . " Yes . In Europe , however , they have been constrained , by in- ability to wring more taxes from the impoverished people , to gradually diminish their numbers . There , you know , the real gov- ernment is now a coterie of ...
Page 82
... asked , the responsibility of the government in the matter , have progressed beyond the old Populist panacea of easy credit . Agricultural econ- omists now have their attention fixed upon the surplus as the root of the difficulty . In ...
... asked , the responsibility of the government in the matter , have progressed beyond the old Populist panacea of easy credit . Agricultural econ- omists now have their attention fixed upon the surplus as the root of the difficulty . In ...
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