Socialism, with preludes on current events. Boston Monday Lectures, by Joseph Cook 12+

📓 Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "Hodder and Stoughton, London", 1910 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг."It is an Arabian legent, that, when the ostrich was told to carry a load, it answered, "I cannot, I am a bird;" and, when it was told to fly, it answered, "I cannot, I am a camel." It is also an Arabian legend, that, when the rats were taxed, the bat said, "I am a rat."..."- Socialism and Universal suffrage; prelude on current events"It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless." - Epictetus