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No wise man would try to interfere with this evolutionary process by social legislation . At best , the social legislation would not work as it was intended to work , and , in any event , it would have baleful results .
No wise man would try to interfere with this evolutionary process by social legislation . At best , the social legislation would not work as it was intended to work , and , in any event , it would have baleful results .
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Our statute books are filled with legislation in behalf of capital , at the expense of labor . . . . If we must have class legislation , as we have always had it and always will have it , what class is more entitled to it than the ...
Our statute books are filled with legislation in behalf of capital , at the expense of labor . . . . If we must have class legislation , as we have always had it and always will have it , what class is more entitled to it than the ...
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8 But there it was , a piece of legislation already approved by the Senate of the United States and , because of its patness and its appeal to the fears of the day , a bill that was soon likely to end up on the President's desk .
8 But there it was , a piece of legislation already approved by the Senate of the United States and , because of its patness and its appeal to the fears of the day , a bill that was soon likely to end up on the President's desk .
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| Title | Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform A Borzoi book A Vintage Book: History A Vintage book : K 31 Volume 31 of Vintage book Volume 31 of Vintage international |
| Author | Eric Frederick Goldman |
| Editor | Eric Frederick Goldman |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1952 |
| Length | 503 pages |
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