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Quotation from Chartism by Thomas Carlyle
“Cash Payment the sole nexus; and there are so many things which cash will not pay”
Chartism, Chapter VII (James Fraser, London, 1840 (IA chartism00carluoft))
The pamphlet's most influential image, later echoed by Marx and Engels: when wages are the only bond, the obligations of guidance and protection disappear.
Citation: "Cash Payment the sole nexus; and there are so many things which cash will not pay" — Thomas Carlyle, Chartism, Chapter VII (James Fraser, London, 1840 (IA chartism00carluoft)). (id chartism-q8)
