The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 244A. Constable, 1926 |
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... labour not of British , but of American historians . In this respect the cause of Anglo - American friendship is indebted in an especial degree to the work of the late Henry Osgood and George Beer , whose teaching and example did so ...
... labour not of British , but of American historians . In this respect the cause of Anglo - American friendship is indebted in an especial degree to the work of the late Henry Osgood and George Beer , whose teaching and example did so ...
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... labour , especially when the proximity of a location ( i.e. , native village ) assures uninterrupted home - life for the native . The domestic native labour supply , like that on the mines , represents only a certain percentage of what ...
... labour , especially when the proximity of a location ( i.e. , native village ) assures uninterrupted home - life for the native . The domestic native labour supply , like that on the mines , represents only a certain percentage of what ...
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... Labour party in South Africa is largely led and represented by men whose views are socialistic , or practically communistic , and who constituted themselves the champions of the dangerous upheaval along the Reef four years ago . The ...
... Labour party in South Africa is largely led and represented by men whose views are socialistic , or practically communistic , and who constituted themselves the champions of the dangerous upheaval along the Reef four years ago . The ...
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Or Critical Journal. industry to employ white labour and to maintain a minimum wage , whether these things were economically possible or not , were the prime objects of this Labour party , and were promptly embodied in proposed ...
Or Critical Journal. industry to employ white labour and to maintain a minimum wage , whether these things were economically possible or not , were the prime objects of this Labour party , and were promptly embodied in proposed ...
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... labour of the native ; he is the main prop of the mines , of agriculture and largely of domestic work . If he were in a position to imitate the example of the white " worker " he could " better the instruction and bring the whole fabric ...
... labour of the native ; he is the main prop of the mines , of agriculture and largely of domestic work . If he were in a position to imitate the example of the white " worker " he could " better the instruction and bring the whole fabric ...
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