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There is much controversy about the delivering up of fugitives from service or labor . The clause I now read is as plainly written in the Constitution as any other of its provisions : " No personheld to service or labor in one State ...
There is much controversy about the delivering up of fugitives from service or labor . The clause I now read is as plainly written in the Constitution as any other of its provisions : " No personheld to service or labor in one State ...
Page 152
Upon that subject let me quote from a speech of that great leader of labor , Samuel Gompers , delivered in Montreal in 1920 , a few years before his death . He said : " I believe there is no man to whom I would take second position in ...
Upon that subject let me quote from a speech of that great leader of labor , Samuel Gompers , delivered in Montreal in 1920 , a few years before his death . He said : " I believe there is no man to whom I would take second position in ...
Page 158
We have steadily reduced the sweat in human labor . Our hours of labor are lessened ; our leisure has increased . We have expanded our parks and playgrounds . We have nearly doubled our attendance at games .
We have steadily reduced the sweat in human labor . Our hours of labor are lessened ; our leisure has increased . We have expanded our parks and playgrounds . We have nearly doubled our attendance at games .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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