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Irish immigration has done much to depress wages and lower the English working class
Drawn from what Friedrich Engels said
Subjectimmigration
What Friedrich Engels actually said
- Friedrich Engels German philosopher and social scientist (1820 to 1895)
Such occupations are therefore especially overcrowded with Irishmen: hand-weavers, bricklayers, porters, jobbers, and such workers, count hordes of Irishmen among their number, and the pressure of this race has done much to depress wages and lower the working-class.
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