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"Economic condition" Quotes from Famous Books

... maintain the neutrality and independence of the three peoples, and at the same time to mitigate as far as possible the serious inconveniences which all the three Northern States have suffered in regard to the supplies of the necessaries of life and in their general economic condition in consequence of the existence of a state of war in Europe.—[Photos. by Russell, ...

— The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 • Various

... The economic condition of the people was deplorable. They all carried heavy mortgages from year to year. These mortgages ranged all the way from $100 to $1500. The people were thoroughly discouraged, and seemingly had lost all hopes. Everywhere ...

— Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt • William James Edwards

... separate entity in the appointment of a Select Committee on taxation in 1864, and again by Lord Goschen in 1890, and the whole history of her separate legislation bears the same construction. One cannot give a better commentary on what has been seen of the economic condition of the island than by quoting the peroration of the speech of John Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare, the "great father of the Union," speaking in the Irish House of Parliament:—"It is with a cordial sincerity and a full conviction that it will ...

— Ireland and the Home Rule Movement • Michael F. J. McDonnell

... minded to discover the economic condition of their lands, sent a Committee to inquire into it; and saw that ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... since the nation regained its independence to interest one's self in a lofty, condescending way in the life of the peasantry. A few well-meaning persons, like the poet Wergeland, had labored zealously for their enlightenment and the improvement of their economic condition; but, except in the case of such single individuals, no real and vital sympathy and fellow-feeling had ever existed between the upper and the lower strata of Norwegian society. And as long as the fellow-feeling is wanting, this zeal for enlightenment, ...

— Essays on Scandinavian Literature • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen