Carolina QuotesNo amount of profit-sharing or self-government by the workers, no amount of hygienic conditions or cocoa villages or recreation grounds can get rid of the fundamental slavery — the necessity of working.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 3 (Mr. Bojanus)
- work
- Antic Hay (1923)
- year
- 1923
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“No amount of profit-sharing or self-government by the worker…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-543FE221F2. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/543fe221f2
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