The Modern "Bed of Procrustes." Procrustes. "Now then, you fellows; I mean to fit you all to my little bed!" Chorus. "Oh lor-r!!" ["It is impossible to establish universal uniformity of hours without inflicting very serious injury to workers."—Motion at the recent trades' congress.]
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