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The free worker receives a wage; the slave an education, food, care, clothing; the money that the master spends to keep the slave is drained little by little and in detail; one hardly perceives it.1
The free worker receives a wage; the slave an education, food, care, clothing; the money that the master spends to keep the slave is drained little by little and in detail; one hardly perceives it.1
Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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- Alexis de Tocqueville
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- Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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