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The great merit of the co-operative movement is 

 that it has been a very real training for developing the 

 intelligence and business character of the workmen. 

 It has taught them thrift, foresight, self-control, and 

 the value of combination for common ends ; and it has 

 opened up a hopeful future of peaceful and successful 

 efforts. 



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Rev. Charles Kingsley 



We may now turn to a short consideration of 

 co-partnership which has been carried out, in several 

 instances, with great success. Co-partnership is an 

 effort to improve the relations between capital and 

 labour, and thus to prevent strikes. We all know how 

 much harm strikes have done, and at times they have 



