The Quarterly Review, Volume 210William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1909 |
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... principle of our military system should be a combination of voluntary service and economy . Voluntary service and economy are incompatible : people must either pay or serve . It will be observed that these arguments against Mr Haldane's ...
... principle of our military system should be a combination of voluntary service and economy . Voluntary service and economy are incompatible : people must either pay or serve . It will be observed that these arguments against Mr Haldane's ...
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... principle of the collective bargain . Accordingly we have proposals , such as the one we are now considering , for fixing by statute or otherwise a national minimum rate of wages . The argument may be summarised thus . Where collective ...
... principle of the collective bargain . Accordingly we have proposals , such as the one we are now considering , for fixing by statute or otherwise a national minimum rate of wages . The argument may be summarised thus . Where collective ...
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... principle , then because it is a very large step forward in accordance with a precedent hitherto occasionally rather than universally applied . In no civilised country , so far as we are aware , have statesmen accepted in its entirety ...
... principle , then because it is a very large step forward in accordance with a precedent hitherto occasionally rather than universally applied . In no civilised country , so far as we are aware , have statesmen accepted in its entirety ...
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... principle of exchange , but on Factory Acts , collective or coercive bargains , compulsory arbitration . and the enforcement of a legal minimum wage , can only be justified if it can be established that the influence of the open market ...
... principle of exchange , but on Factory Acts , collective or coercive bargains , compulsory arbitration . and the enforcement of a legal minimum wage , can only be justified if it can be established that the influence of the open market ...
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... principle , before giving our approval to this proposal of fixing by legisla tion a minimum wages - rate . Let us leave for the moment these remoter difficulties , and consider the more immediate results likely to arise from an ...
... principle , before giving our approval to this proposal of fixing by legisla tion a minimum wages - rate . Let us leave for the moment these remoter difficulties , and consider the more immediate results likely to arise from an ...
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Page 164 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 161 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
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Page 163 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
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Page 279 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 162 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
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