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... editors - in - chief of leading American newspapers . Still there was not an editorial ripple perceived worth the name ; not a journalistic voice was raised in protest ; and the crimes committed went on unpunished to be repeated again ...
... editors - in - chief of leading American newspapers . Still there was not an editorial ripple perceived worth the name ; not a journalistic voice was raised in protest ; and the crimes committed went on unpunished to be repeated again ...
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... it has been , from the multitude , by those interested in keeping the American proletariat ignorant of economic truth and in the condition of wage - slaves . The fact that " the editor of the Tribune was -SOCIALISM IS NOT ANARCHISM,
... it has been , from the multitude , by those interested in keeping the American proletariat ignorant of economic truth and in the condition of wage - slaves . The fact that " the editor of the Tribune was -SOCIALISM IS NOT ANARCHISM,
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... editor's friends , many a time listened to his expositions of Socialism privately and from the rostrum , or perused them in the New York Tribune and in his printed works , as did forty to fifty years ago hundreds of thousands of his ...
... editor's friends , many a time listened to his expositions of Socialism privately and from the rostrum , or perused them in the New York Tribune and in his printed works , as did forty to fifty years ago hundreds of thousands of his ...
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... editor of the New York Tribune , of which he issued the first number April 10 , 1841 , and with which he was asso- ciated for the rest of his life . He was nominated for the Presidency of the United States at Cincinnati , Ohio , on May ...
... editor of the New York Tribune , of which he issued the first number April 10 , 1841 , and with which he was asso- ciated for the rest of his life . He was nominated for the Presidency of the United States at Cincinnati , Ohio , on May ...
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... editor of the present conserva- tive and aristocratic New York Tribune , had anything in common with what a Socialist is unhappily , but popularly conceived to be , would be scouted as both absurd and preposterous , on the face of it ...
... editor of the present conserva- tive and aristocratic New York Tribune , had anything in common with what a Socialist is unhappily , but popularly conceived to be , would be scouted as both absurd and preposterous , on the face of it ...
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Page 92 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing, any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 91 - If there be in it statements or assumptions of fact which I may know to be erroneous, I do not now and here controvert them. If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. " As to the policy I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 25 - The social problem of the future we considered to be, how to unite the greatest individual liberty of action, with a common ownership in the raw material of the globe, and an equal participation of all in the benefits of combined labour.
Page 59 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 92 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 21 - The time Is fast coming when, In the natural course of social evolution, this system, through the destructive action of its failures and crises on the one hand, and the constructive tendencies of Its trusts and other capitalistic combinations on the other hand, shall have worked out Its own downfall.
Page 228 - And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Page 318 - A struggle is going on in all the nations of the civilized world, between the oppressors and the oppressed of all countries, a struggle between the Capitalist and the Laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year...
Page 92 - Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors ; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal...
Page 82 - Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many - they are few.