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From ‘The Industrial Situation’, The Spectator, 27 March 1915:

The present industrial situation shows how completely what we may call the economic pacificists misjudged the probable effects of a great European war. Instead of our industries being brought to a standstill, they are in a condition of abnormal activity. The trouble is not to find work but to find workers.

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