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Quotation from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
“for payment without service is waste”
The Acquisitive Society, Ch. VI, 'The Functional Society', p. 84 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741))
Part of Tawney's case that maintaining property rights for which no service is performed is foolish as well as unjust.
Citation: "for payment without service is waste" — R. H. Tawney, The Acquisitive Society, Ch. VI, 'The Functional Society', p. 84 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741)). (id tawney-the-acquisitive-society-q5)
