While one accepted economic law thus declares that all value is conferred by the labourer, and is simply his sweat, brain, and sinew incorporated in the product, another economic law declares that he gains no advantage from the productivity of his own work, and that whatever value he produces, he earns only the same wages-bare customary subsistence.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The superior workman earns indeed better pay working by the piece, but the general body do not.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
That which a man earns by perspiration he appreciates and knows how to enjoy.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter