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One Man in His Time

CHAPTER XVIII
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The old damnable Prussian theory again, you see, that crops up wherever men take the stand, which they do everywhere they have the power, that might is a law unto itself.

Now, I am with these men exactly half way, and no further.
As long as their method of striking doesn't interfere with the rights of the public, they seem to me fair enough.

But when it comes to raising the price of food still higher and cutting off the city milk supply--well, when they talk of that, then I begin to think of the human side of it." He broke off abruptly, and concluded in a less serious tone, "that's the only thing in the whole business I care about--the human side of it all--" A phrase of Benham's floated suddenly into her mind, and she found herself repeating it aloud: "There are no human rights where a principle is involved." Vetch laughed.

"That's not you; it's Benham.

I recognize it.


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