Note 12 — Chapter I · FIRST THOUGHTS, 1798.
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Pol. Justice, Bk. VIII. ch. vi. p. 484. On the other hand, Franklin, in his Letter on Luxury, Idleness, and Industry (1784), had estimated the necessary labour more moderately at four hours. Sir Thos. More suggested nine. Owen recurred to the half-hour. New Moral World, 1836, pp. x, xi.