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John Ruskin

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions.

John Ruskin

Work

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John Ruskin is emphasizing that people survive and thrive not by merely trading goods but by creating and doing actual work. He criticizes the focus on trade as a defining identity and urges workers to identify themselves based on their labor and productive efforts instead.

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