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The interests of society as a whole demand the greatest possible good to all the members of it . We lay this proposition down as an axiom . The interests of society , then , demand that every member of it shall have an equal opportunity ...
The interests of society as a whole demand the greatest possible good to all the members of it . We lay this proposition down as an axiom . The interests of society , then , demand that every member of it shall have an equal opportunity ...
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has led in many instances to suicide , and in not a few , to the murder of whole families to save them from death by starvation . It is cruel , it is inhuman , to attribute these conditions to laziness , drunkenness and incompetency .
has led in many instances to suicide , and in not a few , to the murder of whole families to save them from death by starvation . It is cruel , it is inhuman , to attribute these conditions to laziness , drunkenness and incompetency .
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Nowhere else in the whole world is capitalism now carried to such brutal excess , and yet nowhere else have qualities which we should think impossible in a capitalistic state shown themselves so nobly , so beautifully .
Nowhere else in the whole world is capitalism now carried to such brutal excess , and yet nowhere else have qualities which we should think impossible in a capitalistic state shown themselves so nobly , so beautifully .
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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