"Eight-hour day - 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. Cartoon from Punch, Vol 101, 19 September 1891"
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