The Modern Bed of Procustes 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 the Project Gutenberg eBook of Punch, Volume 101, September 19, 1891, by John Tenniel
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