Word: labors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there good grounds for saying that that labor only is productive which results in an addition to material wealth? (Mill: Political Economy, Book 1, Chap. III; Roscher: Political Economy, sections 48-51; Clark: Philosophy of Wealth, Chapter...
...brought me much satisfaction. I congratulate you all on the work you have done, and as I look over the many movements in Europe for improving the condition of the working classes, I find myself more and more drawn to the kind of work which the Union represents. The labor question is, after all, a question of personal training and discipline. The millenium is not to come by some great social revolution, but by the education of the mind and conscience of individuals. The work you are trying to do seems slow, and is not showy...
...Free registry would be dangerous to American labor. - (a) It would take millions of capital out of the country. - (b) It pays wages to foreigners at the expense of our own laborers...
...ground that there is no use in doing anything if God is to take care of all, has utterly misinterpreted the meaning of these commands. But at the other extreme is the man who has worked hard and well and who cannot rest in the belief that his best labor is all that God asks. He needs to consider the exhortations to trust, to cease all anxiety and rest in the faith that God is over all that seems so doubtful and unsure. The work that one man can do is small and seems almost useless, but this...
Question: "Resolved, That the products of prison labor should be allowed to compete in the open market...