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Nobody will suspect them of being influenced by any such compassion as that.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Nobody will suspect them of being influenced by any such compassion as that.”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that nobody would believe employers are motivated by compassion for laborers.
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