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Page 347
For in a warm climate , no man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him . This is so true , that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor .
For in a warm climate , no man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him . This is so true , that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor .
Page 357
Hard labor's tedious , everyone must own , But surely better such by far than none . The perfect drone , the quite Impertinent , Whose life at nothing aims , but - to be spent , Such heaven visits for some mighty ill , ' Tis sure the ...
Hard labor's tedious , everyone must own , But surely better such by far than none . The perfect drone , the quite Impertinent , Whose life at nothing aims , but - to be spent , Such heaven visits for some mighty ill , ' Tis sure the ...
Page 377
We had some hard Labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our Duty honestly as Way opened , in the Love of Truth : And thence taking sundry Meetings in our Way , we passed homeward ; where , through the Favor of divine Providence ...
We had some hard Labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our Duty honestly as Way opened , in the Love of Truth : And thence taking sundry Meetings in our Way , we passed homeward ; where , through the Favor of divine Providence ...
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| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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