"A fair day's-wages for a fair day's work:" it is as just a demand as Governed men ever made of Governing. It is the everlasting right of man.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present, edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser. Oxford University Press, 2023, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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A quote by Thomas Carlyle about workers' rights: “"A fair day's-wages for a fair day's work:" it is as just a demand…”

A quote by Thomas Carlyle about workers' rights: “"A fair day's-wages for a fair day's work:" it is as just a demand…”

A quote by Thomas Carlyle about workers' rights: “"A fair day's-wages for a fair day's work:" it is as just a demand…”