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May not a method be invented of procuring some tolerable share of the comforts of life to those inferior useful ranks of men to whose industry we are indebted for the whole?
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Sumner advocates for improving the living conditions of lower-ranking workers who contribute significantly to society.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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