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Higher Life for Working People; Its Hindrances Discussed an Attempt to Solve Some Pressing Social Problems Without Injustice to Capital or Labour
William Walker Stephens
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-02-01.
ISBN 9781151491107
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... discover the self-satisfaction there is in regulating his expenses, in keeping exact accounts, in invariably living within his income, in insuring against the future by laying aside, weekly or monthly, a sum, however moderate. As he increases his savings, he will rise in his own self-respect. He will become prudent in all directions, looking to the end of things. If he enters the drinking shop at all, he will at least never frequent it. He will not spend in self-indulgence in any form out of proportion to his means. He will not jeopardise his life at the very outset and entail unhappiness on others by marrying before he has saved sufficient means for the married life. If married he will have too much respect for his wife to condemn her to a life of continued maternity.1 For himself and his family he will now make better use of the many priceless benefits already Brighter granted by the State, by his municipality, prospects an(j the liberality of individuals. Free education, free libraries, museums, national galleries, public parks--all these he will now enjoy in a heartier spirit than he could before, for by the improvement in his social position he has risen nearly to the rank of a real citizen. He will feel his mind to be expanded, he will feel and will take an interest in a hundred things formerly unthought of. Nor will this lessen the interest he holds in the 1 See chapter ix. particular occupation by which he makes his livelihood. Quite otherwise. He will now feel in that an increased interest, because that interest has become more intelligent. If it is skilled labour in which he is employed, his inventive faculties, by the education acquired in technical schools, and the still more important education he has been giving himself, will receive a stimu
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