Fors clavigera. Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain (1900)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston, Jefferson Press · leaf 31
whether it isreally work that you want, orrest? I thought you rather ob-jected to your quantity of work ;—that you were all for havingeight hours of it instead of ten ?You may have twelve instead often easily. Sixteen, if you like !if it is only occupatipn you want%why do you cast the iron ?… … FORS CLAVIGKRA. 23 gay you knew the cunning of a mans right hand. But Ithink it is pay that you want, not work ; and it is very truethat pretty ironwork like that does not pay ; but it is pretty,and it might even be entertaining, if you made those leavesat the top of it (which are, as far as I can…
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