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There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
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With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread.
Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.
Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.
Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be read more
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
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For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial
of the labor to its own produce.
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.