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The British working class are now better off in almost all ways than they were
thirty years ago . This is partly due to the efforts of the Trade Unions , but partly to
the mere advance of physical science . It is not always realized that within rather
...
The British working class are now better off in almost all ways than they were
thirty years ago . This is partly due to the efforts of the Trade Unions , but partly to
the mere advance of physical science . It is not always realized that within rather
...
Page 59
Right through our national life we have got to fight against privilege , against the
notion that a halfwitted public - schoolboy is better fitted for command than an
intelligent mechanic . Although there are gifted and honest individuals among
them ...
Right through our national life we have got to fight against privilege , against the
notion that a halfwitted public - schoolboy is better fitted for command than an
intelligent mechanic . Although there are gifted and honest individuals among
them ...
Page 60
But they will want some kind of proof that a better life is ahead for themselves and
their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and
overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich ...
But they will want some kind of proof that a better life is ahead for themselves and
their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and
overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich ...
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