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Class consciousness," where it is merely another name for the odious vice of class selfishness, is equally noxious whether in an employer's association or in a workingman's association.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Class consciousness," where it is merely another name for the odious vice of class selfishness, is equally noxious…”
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Roosevelt critiques class consciousness as a harmful vice in both employers and workers.
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