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Trying to change the present system piecemeal underrates how strongly it grinds people into their places
Drawn from what William Morris said
What William Morris actually said
- William Morris English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896)
Those who think that they can deal with our present system in this piecemeal way very much underrate the strength of the tremendous organization under which we live, and which appoints to each of us his place, and if we do not chance to fit it, grinds us down till we do.
Where this was said
↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org
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