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There might not, from first to last, be the least illegality (in the ordinary sense of the word) in the arrangement; but if a stranger arrived on the coast at this advanced epoch of their political economy, he would find one man commercially Rich; the other commercially Poor.
But the last, Produce, which one might have thought the clearest of all, is, in use, the most ambiguous; and the examination of the kind of ambiguity attendant on its present employment will best open the way to our work.
The last word which we have to define is "Production." I have hitherto spoken of all labour as profitable; because it is impossible to consider under one head the quality or value of labour, and its aim.
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I feel that Ruskin's Unto This Last is an expansion of Socrates' ideas; he tells us how men in various walks of life should behave if they intend to translate these ideas into action.
What follows is not a translation of Unto This Last but a paraphrase, as a translation would not be particularly useful to the readers of Indian Opinion.
Money payment, as stated in my last paper, consists redically in a promise to some person working for us, that for the time and labour he spends in our service today we will give or procure equivalent time and labour in his service at any future time when he may demand it.
www.forget-me.net /en/Gandhi/untothislast.txt   (8546 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Unto This Last and Other Writings (Penguin Classics): Books: John Ruskin,Clive Wilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Unto This Last and Other Writings (Penguin Classics) by John Ruskin
A compilation of some of the important works of Ruskin are included here, the most important being (in Ruskin's own words) "Unto This Last", which had a profoundly moving effect on Ghandi (among others) and his approach and philosophy.
For instance, he said that a successful factory which polluted the environment could not be termed profitable because of the resulting damage to society itself.
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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Son of God
They meet at last in a single portraiture.
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me you, that work iniquity" (Matthew 7:21-23).
In the parable of the wicked husbandmen the son is distinguished from all other messengers: "Therefore having yet one son, most dear to him; he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14142b.htm   (1865 words)

  
 Qui Judicatis Terram, by John Ruskin
In the last paper we saw that just payment of labour consisted in a sum of money which would approximately obtain equivalent labour at a future time: we have now to examine the means of obtaining such equivalence.
But the last, Produce, which one might have thought the clearest of all, is, in use, the most ambiguous ; and the examination of the kind of ambiguity attendant on its present employment will best open the way to our work.
Luxury is indeed possible in the future innocent and exquisite: luxury for all, and by the help of all; but luxury at present can only be enjoyed by the ignorant; the cruelest man living could not sit at his feast, unless he sat blindfold.
www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/ruskinj/last/chap4.htm   (6624 words)

  
 Sarvodaya: The Welfare of all
That a life of labor, i.e., the life of the tiller of the soil and the handicraftsman is the life worth living.
The third had never occurred to me. 'Unto This Last' made it as clear as daylight for me that the second and the third were contained in the first.
Gandhi later wrote and published a gist of Unto This Last, first into Gujarati and then into English with the title, 'Sarvodaya' and implemented its principles in everything that he did.
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 Unto This Last de M. K. Gandhi - 1910 - Développement durable..vers un avenir meilleur
Unto This Last de M. Gandhi - 1910 - Développement durable..vers un avenir meilleur
Unto This Last de M. Gandhi - 1910
Je comprends Unto This Last comme une extension de ses idées.
www.developpement-durable-lavenir.com /2005/09/20/unto-this-last-de-m-k-gandhi-1910   (8890 words)

  
 Unto This Last: Micro-Manufacturing Hits the High Street (TreeHugger)
In 1860 John Ruskin wrote "Unto This Last" and railed against the industrial revolution, advocating a return to the local craftsman's workshop.
Unto This Last is a furniture company in London where they throw their Sabots into the mill of traditional mass production.
The manufacturer launched its recycling program Second Look last year and will premier the fruits of this endeavor in three new collections—Versa, Cirqa, and Plexus—this Spring at contract furnishings tradeshow NeoCon World’s Trade Fair.
www.treehugger.com /files/2006/08/unto_this_last.php   (2451 words)

  
 Adam-ondi-Ahman - where Mormons plan to move to again someday
He was then told that the blood of bulls and goats, of rams and lambs should be spilt upon the altar as a type of the great and last sacrifice which should be offered up for the sins of the world.
And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him, I have set thee to be at the head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee; and thou art a prince over them for ever.
And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him: I have set thee to be at the head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou art a prince over them forever." Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr., Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.
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 Money and Power in "Traffic," Unto This Last, and Little Dorrit
According to John Ruskin and Charles Dickens, a person's richness depends not merely on how much money he has, but also upon how much power he has over others.
Unto This Last,"Traffic", and Little Dorrit argue that people strive for power rather than money.
In Unto This Last, John Ruskin reveals the true nature of riches: What is really desired, under the name of riches, is, essentially
www.victorianweb.org /victorian/authors/dickens/ld/61ld11.html   (606 words)

  
 Treading the Winepress
The desert in which John the Baptist preached and baptised lay on the border with Edom, the Nabataean kingdom, devoted husbandmen, whose god Duchares the "Lord of the Winepress" of Isaiah 63, was a form of Dionysus.
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Mark 6:48 "And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
www.dhushara.com /book/diochris/dio1.htm   (4799 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Unto This Last and Other Writings (Classics): Books: John Ruskin,Clive Wilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, "Unto this Last" is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period.
This book essentially focuses on its title, namely the work "Unto This Last".
All the other essays bear on the central "Unto This Last" but their subject-matters are eclectic, including his short parable "The King of the Golden River", excerpts from his thoughts on gothic architecture in "The Stones of Venice", a piece that compares Turner to Giotto, and open letters written to the working classes of England.
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