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... probably always will be , a relation between labor and capital . The error , as they hold , is in assuming that the whole labor of the world exists within that relation . . . As each man has one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands ...
... probably always will be , a relation between labor and capital . The error , as they hold , is in assuming that the whole labor of the world exists within that relation . . . As each man has one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands ...
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... probably enhance the wages of white labor , and , very surely , would not reduce them . Thus , the customary amount of labor would still have to be performed ; the freed peo- ple would surely not do more than their old proportion of it ...
... probably enhance the wages of white labor , and , very surely , would not reduce them . Thus , the customary amount of labor would still have to be performed ; the freed peo- ple would surely not do more than their old proportion of it ...
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... probably define the elective franchise . I barely suggest for your private consideration , whether some of the colored people may not be let in - as , for instance , the very intelligent , and especially those who have fought gallantly ...
... probably define the elective franchise . I barely suggest for your private consideration , whether some of the colored people may not be let in - as , for instance , the very intelligent , and especially those who have fought gallantly ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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