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" Nominally the best workman gets the place; but you will easily conceive that, in reality, some kind of favouritism must generally decide it. Thus is every man obliged to submit to all the chances of a popular election whether he shall be allowed to work... "
Political Economy: Its Objects, Uses, and Principles: Considered with ... - Page 243
by Alonzo Potter - 1862 - 318 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 20

American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...obliged to submit to all the chances of a popular election whether he shall be allowed to work for hia bread ; and that, too, in a country where the people...permitted to have any agency in choosing their rulers. But tlio restraints on journeymen in that country are still more oppreseie. Ae toon as l!ie years of his...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 1

Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 708 pages
...will easily conceive, that, in reality, some kind of favoritism must generally decide the question. Thus is every man obliged to submit to all the chances...oppressive. As soon as the years of apprenticeship hare expired, the young mechanic is obliged, in the phrase of the country, to wander, for three years....
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The Mechanic's Text-book and Engineer's Practical Guide ...

Mechanical engineering - 1855 - 420 pages
...master-piece, being offered to obtain the place of a master workman. Nominally, the best workman gets the place; but you will easily conceive, that, in reality,...oppressive. As soon as the years of apprenticeship have expired the young mechanic is obliged, in the phrase of the country, to wander for three years. For...
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The Living Age, Volume 20

1849 - 636 pages
...will easily conceive that in reality some kind of favoritism must generally decide it. Thus is everv man obliged to submit to all the chances of a popular...are still more oppressive. As soon as the years of his apprenticeship have expired, the young mechanic is obliged, in the phrnse of his country, to "...
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The Students' Cabinet Library of Useful Tracts, Volume 5

1839 - 348 pages
...master-piece, being offered to obtain the place of a master workman. Nominally, the best workman gets the place ; but you will easily conceive, that, in reality,...oppressive. As soon as the years of apprenticeship have expired, the young mechanic is obliged, in the phrase of the country, to wander for three years. For...
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