Workers
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Examples
- Lubbock made drawings for me, with the camera lucida, of the jaws which I dissected from the workers of the several sizes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Under the old regime all workers in a craft were approximately equals in their knowledge and outlook. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Under these new conditions, the workers in many industries found themselves intolerably squeezed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of these workers, relating the strenuous experiences of these few years, says: It was hard work and long hours, but still there were some things that made life pleasant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I began to feel the force of Mr. John Hobson's remark that if practical workers for social and industrial reforms continue to ignore principles . Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There were numerous other workers in the field, but they added nothing to what had already been proposed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He found the English artisans of that time great guzzlers of beer, and influenced some of his co-workers to adopt his ow n more abstinent and hygienic habits of eating and drinking. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's no place like America for us workers, Miss Margaret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The workers may protest, but industrial progress demands the more economic method. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The pressure became so great that the larger establishments ceased their use, and only the small shops, that employed a few workers, were able to continue using the new machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- How often in great strikes have riots been started in order to prevent the public from listening to the workers' demands! Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Non-workers have no representation in this new Russian state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Presently the workers in the fields returned. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- For example, New York City serves as the center of the garment-making industry for the entire country, there being fully a quarter of a million garment-trade workers in the Greater City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Exceedingly much, on the other hand, is due the energy of his fellow workers, many of whom figure conspicuously in the country’s electrical affairs at present. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And so skilled were those glass-workers and so deeply in love with their art that their glass has been the despair of the later centuries that have tried to copy them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They _were_ peasants and workers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Each of the workers at the Zum Jungen suggested valuable changes and additions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She was a housewifely little creature, and helped Hannah keep home neat and comfortable for the workers, never thinking of any reward but to be loved. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It became vitally necessary for the workers to make agreements--illegal though they were--against such underselling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was an urgent want of cheap automobiles to move about goods and workers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In general a man can only receive his highest development in a congenial state or family, among friends or fellow-workers. Plato. The Republic.
- The railway workers, the miners, the doctors, the teachers, the retail merchants would have direct representation in the Interessenvertrag. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But, such awful workers, and such awful work! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is not possible to do justice to all the worthy workers in this great industry. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the workers in cheap clothing shops organized to prevent the introduction of the machines, claiming that they would destroy their livelihood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But with the social revolution in view he did succeed in inspiring the formation of an international league of workers, the First International. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At this and at every point in Newton's discovery the records of co-workers are to be found. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Also that money belongs to the Spanish workers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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