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Lysander Spooner: Hundreds of millions of them are receiving, for their labor, not more than three, five, or, at most, ten cents a day.

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Hundreds of millions of them are receiving, for their labor, not more than three, five, or, at most, ten cents a day.
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Lysander Spooner

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He points out the extremely low wages that many laborers receive for their work.

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