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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.
Without labor nothing prospers.
Without labor nothing prospers.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
