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Orestes Brownson

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Also known as Orestes Augustus Brownson

American activist (1803–1876)

Person · Open Library

Works
4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1970-11-10

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Quotes

  • Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.
  • The middle class is always a firm champion of equality, when it concerns humbling a class above it; but it is its inveterate foe when it concerns elevating a class below it.
  • There is no question that education has been more generally diffused than it was in the middle ages, but it is doubtful if the number of thinkers has been increased, or real mental culture extended. Education loses in thoroughness and depth what it gains in surface.

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Orestes Brownson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 6 languages

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