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The people have been enabled to consume and use more goods and to increase the demand far beyond the mere population increase of the country , and as a consequence there has been a very large expansion of industry and the final result ...
The people have been enabled to consume and use more goods and to increase the demand far beyond the mere population increase of the country , and as a consequence there has been a very large expansion of industry and the final result ...
Page 21
While it cannot and will not be disputed that laziness , drunkenness , and incompetency exist , it is , nevertheless , a fact that even these are , to a large extent , the direct result of the unequal opportunities of life .
While it cannot and will not be disputed that laziness , drunkenness , and incompetency exist , it is , nevertheless , a fact that even these are , to a large extent , the direct result of the unequal opportunities of life .
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... being unnatural , not in accordance with , or the result of any natural law , must be attributed to that kind of unwise and pernicious legislation which history proves to have produced similar results in all ages of the world .
... being unnatural , not in accordance with , or the result of any natural law , must be attributed to that kind of unwise and pernicious legislation which history proves to have produced similar results in all ages of the world .
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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