The National Gain, §20, 1765.
“All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves' work — mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil.”
Signs of Change (1888), Useful Work versus Useless Toil
Context: Worthy work carries with it the hope of pleasure in rest, the hope of the pleasure in our using what it makes, and the hope of pleasure in our daily creative skill.
All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves' work — mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil.
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