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Others felt that industrial education had for its object the limitation of the Negro's development, and the branding him for all time as a special hand-working class.
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It was only when I sat, an hour later, disgustedly reflecting on this incident, that I remembered that there was always some 'hand-working' of the engine during the cage-descents, an engineman reversing the action by a handle at every stroke of the piston, to prevent bumping.
The Purple Cloud 1906
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Others felt that industrial education had for its object the limitation of the Negro's development, and the branding him for all time as a special hand-working class.
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It is not only the hand-working classes which are concerned in this question.
Autobiographical Sketches Annie Wood Besant 1890
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It is not only the hand-working classes which are concerned in this question.
Autobiographical Sketches Besant, Annie 1885
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Press that the victim was a hand-working player who never complained or questioned coaches.
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By hand-working, with steam on top of piston, the full force can be more readily maintained until the blow is fully delivered; it is thus more of a dead blow than was formerly the case with the other system. "
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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I try to stay humble and be a hand-working guy like everyone else. "
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