Working class

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He rather hated the ruling few than loved the suffering many.

Jeremy Bentham

In reference to James Mill, the father of John Stuart Mill.

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Topic

Ruling class Working class Class conflict

Speaker

Jeremy Bentham

Author

Caroline Fox

Source

Journals of Caroline Fox

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Quoted in Memories of Old Friends, being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox, edited by H. N. Pym. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1882. Originally written as a journal entry dated 7 Aug. 1849.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay;
Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade;
A breath can make them, as a breath has made:
But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Moral decline Morality Economic inequality Working class

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Deserted Village

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. London: W. Griffin, 1770, l. 51.

Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them…"If you don't like to be frizzled in my frying-pan, you can take a walk into the fire."

Friedrich Engels

The Condition of the Working Class in England

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Topic

Oppression Workers Working class Capitalism

Author

Friedrich Engels

Source

The Condition of the Working Class in England

Genre

Economic literature Political literature

Language

German

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Engels, Frederick. Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England [The Condition of the Working Class in England]. Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Engels, Frederick. The Condition of the Working Class in England, translated by Mrs. F. Kelley Wischnewetzy, edited by David McLellan. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 7.