During the Reform agitation of 1867, Ruskin wrote these letters to Thomas Dixon, a working cork-cutter of Sunderland. He urges working men to decide what they want before seeking votes, and sets out his ideas on honest wages, co-operation, education, the duties of masters and the sins of speculation, luxury and commercial dishonesty.
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