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Quotation from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
“for the Working Millions a liberty to die by want of food”
Past and Present, Book III, ch. XIII (Democracy) (Project Gutenberg #26159)
Carlyle's verdict on a liberty that consists only of being left alone.
Citation: "for the Working Millions a liberty to die by want of food" — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book III, ch. XIII (Democracy) (Project Gutenberg #26159). (id past-and-present-q12)
