Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less read more

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures,

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real read more

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.

Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.

Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

There is no real wealth but the labor of man.

There is no real wealth but the labor of man.

Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, read more

Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.