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Labour is not only a necessity and a duty, but a blessing: only the idler feels it to be a curse.
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Work is the law of our being--the living principle that carries men and nations onward.
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Every man's first duty is, to improve, to educate, and elevate himself--helping forward his brethren at the same time by all reasonable methods.