The pioneer of progress; or, The early closing movement in relation to the Saturday half-holiday and the early payment of wages, prize essayHamilton, Adams & Company, 1860 - 163 pages |
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... Advantages of the Half- holiday - Statements by Drs . Stevens and other Medical Men - Speech of the Bishop of Oxford - Details essential -The Social Benefits conferred by the Boon - Leisure essential to Home - happiness - And to Moral ...
... Advantages of the Half- holiday - Statements by Drs . Stevens and other Medical Men - Speech of the Bishop of Oxford - Details essential -The Social Benefits conferred by the Boon - Leisure essential to Home - happiness - And to Moral ...
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... advantage of such a boon , or the perfect impunity with which it may be granted by employers . To attempt to con- vince us of its value , is about as idle as to prove the worth of sleep , or the necessity for food . " We reply : " If ...
... advantage of such a boon , or the perfect impunity with which it may be granted by employers . To attempt to con- vince us of its value , is about as idle as to prove the worth of sleep , or the necessity for food . " We reply : " If ...
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... advantage . We shall endeavour ere long to look at it from these three standpoints ; but before doing so , it will not be amiss , by way of clearing the ground before us , to take careful notice of the only two objections which have ...
... advantage . We shall endeavour ere long to look at it from these three standpoints ; but before doing so , it will not be amiss , by way of clearing the ground before us , to take careful notice of the only two objections which have ...
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... advantage has been taken of this for moral improvement and for healthful recreation . " 66 In the face of testimonies like these , can any man SO trundle back his soul " as to entertain what may well be termed the antiquated notion ...
... advantage has been taken of this for moral improvement and for healthful recreation . " 66 In the face of testimonies like these , can any man SO trundle back his soul " as to entertain what may well be termed the antiquated notion ...
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... advantage . It is the language -I can liken it to nothing else of a Cuban slave- holder , who works his negroes all day and locks them up all night ; " and the Rev. Samuel Martin sums up the argument by an aphorism , with which we also ...
... advantage . It is the language -I can liken it to nothing else of a Cuban slave- holder , who works his negroes all day and locks them up all night ; " and the Rev. Samuel Martin sums up the argument by an aphorism , with which we also ...
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Page 66 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 86 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 104 - Let us not therefore judge one another any more : but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Page 56 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 1 - That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection ; that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
Page 67 - That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 1 - If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish'd for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
Page 66 - I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body.
Page 32 - Unclogg'd the body, unobscured the mind : The morning rises gay, with pleasing stealth, The temperate evening falls serene and kind. In health the wiser brutes true gladness find. See how the younglings frisk along the meads, As May...
Page 67 - And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour ; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.