Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. Unto this last. The Queen of the air. The storm cloud of the nineteenth centuryDana Estes & Company, 1856 |
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Page 180
... rich , because he is rich - does not appear to occur so often to the old merchant's mind ; prob- ably because , being less profitable and more dangerous than the robbery of the poor , it is rarely practised by persons of discretion . وو ...
... rich , because he is rich - does not appear to occur so often to the old merchant's mind ; prob- ably because , being less profitable and more dangerous than the robbery of the poor , it is rarely practised by persons of discretion . وو ...
Page 183
... rich . So that it is clear the popular economist , in calling his science the science par excellence of getting rich , must attach some peculiar ideas of limitation to its character . I hope I do not misrepresent him , by assuming that ...
... rich . So that it is clear the popular economist , in calling his science the science par excellence of getting rich , must attach some peculiar ideas of limitation to its character . I hope I do not misrepresent him , by assuming that ...
Page 221
... rich not only refuse food to the poor ; they refuse wisdom ; they refuse virtue ; they refuse salva tion . Ye sheep ... rich people are wise and strong , and you will see at once that neither is the socialist right in desiring to make ...
... rich not only refuse food to the poor ; they refuse wisdom ; they refuse virtue ; they refuse salva tion . Ye sheep ... rich people are wise and strong , and you will see at once that neither is the socialist right in desiring to make ...
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