He was aided by Huxley, who lent him a microscope, and ultimately
this common 'longshoreman's researches were of real value to the
scientific world.
Isn't it well to have a trades-union system which curbs the
avariciousness of employers and gives workmen a chance to
develop the best that is in them?
Isn't it better for England to have that 'longshoreman develop
into a scientist than to let some man who employs him make an
extra shilling a day out of his labor, even though it should add
a little to the exports of England? ----
A country's greatness depends on the quality of the men that live
in the country, not on goods manufactured to sell to outside
nations.
Rome was doing little exporting when she ruled the world.
She was breeding men, independent and brave, who could bring the
products of the world to her.
She did not need to worry about exports, nor does any other
country need to worry about them.
The thing to worry about is the condition of your citizens, the
education of children, the decent treatment of women, the
equality of laws.
Other things take care of themselves.
150 AGAINST 150,000--WE FAVOR THE 150,000
It should not take long to convince a man fit to live in a
republic that public welfare demands the support of Union Labor.
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