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INDUSTRIAL DESPOTISM, SHREWDLY CALLED FREEDOM.
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(Illustrating the Wage-Earner’s “Freedom of Contract.”)

WAR—WHAT FOR?

BY

GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK

“The cannon’s prey has begun to think, and, thinking twice, loses its admiration for being made a target.”—Victor Hugo.

“A nod from a lord is a breakfast—for a fool.”—Proverb.