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Reductio ad Absurdum
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1861-1945
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Width: 18.1 cm
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Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM. / KING COAL. "THIS MEANS THAT I SHALL HAVE TO REDUCE MY OUTPUT." / COMMERCE. "THEN I SHALL HAVE TO REDUCE MINE TOO. HAS MR. GLADSTONE THOUGHT OF THAT?" / KING COAL. "I DOUBT IT." / [If the Eight Hours Bill becomes law every member of the public will not only have to pay more for his coal, but for the other necessaries / of life in the production of which coal plays so important a part. To justify this loss and suffering no adequate reasons have been put / forward in support of the passing of the Bill."--Letter to "The Times" from the Presidents of various important Commercial Federations.]
Inscription: Recto: lower left within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Stamp: Verso: centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
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