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> [“The working class did not rise like the sun at an appointed time. It was present at its own making.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson-2/the-working-class-did-not-rise-like-the-sun-at-an-appointed-time-it/)

E.P. Thompson

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## Other authors on Appointed Time

## More by E.P. Thompson

> [“The working class did not rise like the sun at an appointed time. It was present at its own making.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson-2/the-working-class-did-not-rise-like-the-sun-at-an-appointed-time-it/)

E.P. Thompson

> [“In the "free world" (Natopolis) the centres of ideological orthodoxy are rarely defined. The diversity of intellectual trends within the orthodoxy, the indeterminate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson-2/in-the-free-world-natopolis-the-centres-of-ideological-orthodoxy-are/)

E.P. Thompson

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