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...There is at present, too, a spirit of organization. As Tennyson says; "The individual withers, and the whole is more and more." The presence of this spirit makes the difference between our own times and those of our fathers. Combinations of capital were the first to arise. Those of labor now confront them. The two must be harmonized, and the railroad will have a great share in doing...
...dint of earnest labor Williams has at last succeeded in obtaining a place in the Inter-collegiate Base Ball Association...
Philosophy 11 will take up the Labor question next week...
...debate as a whole was very interesting, and the spirit with which the labor problem was discussed shows that Harvard men are not entirely indifferent to the cause of the laboring man. The general trend of the argument was that the Knights of Labor would not promote the welfare of the working classes; that on the concentration of so much power in the hands of men not thoroughly versed in economic science would be a perpetual menace to our free institution...
...secrecy of the organization was severely criticised. Several speakers advocated a more extended trial of co-operation where the laborer might participate in the gains of the capitalists. Strong emphasis was laid on the fact that the existence of so powerful a body as the Knights of Labor, would not bring capital and labor into more friendly relations; and that only through harmonious action between these two instruments of production could the laborer expect to receive better compensation...