"Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot."
"If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable event."
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Source: Historian fakes his own history by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2001.
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