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Page 296
... labor and the relationship of government to it . Labor seems to be the one economic factor in which Lincoln , who was no economist , was really interested . Perhaps the fact that he himself had known from first - hand experience what ...
... labor and the relationship of government to it . Labor seems to be the one economic factor in which Lincoln , who was no economist , was really interested . Perhaps the fact that he himself had known from first - hand experience what ...
Page 560
... labor is prior to , and inde- pendent of , capital ; that , in fact , capital is the fruit of labor , and could never have existed if labor had not first existed ; that labor can exist without capital , but that capital could never have ...
... labor is prior to , and inde- pendent of , capital ; that , in fact , capital is the fruit of labor , and could never have existed if labor had not first existed ; that labor can exist without capital , but that capital could never have ...
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... labor and white laborers . If there ever could be a proper time for mere catch arguments , that time surely is not now . In times like the present , men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time ...
... labor and white laborers . If there ever could be a proper time for mere catch arguments , that time surely is not now . In times like the present , men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time ...
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Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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