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title: 'Hard Times and What to Learn from Them: A Plain Talk with the Working People'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Ellis Thompson'
date: 1877-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Ecclesiastes 3'
- 'James 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/thompson-1877-hard-times-and-what-to-learn-from-them-a-plain-talk-with-the-working-people
---

# Hard Times and What to Learn from Them: A Plain Talk with the Working People

1877 pamphlet urging workers to learn from Hard Times, reject self-serving agitators, and pursue cooperation with employers, self-reliance, and industry.

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