 | Printing - 1902 - 856 pages
...him to labor. But capital is the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration. * * * No men living are more worthv to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty; none less inclined... | |
 | John Punnett Peters - Arbitration, Industrial - 1902 - 800 pages
...capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first 374 existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." What would Lincoln say to-day were he here to participate in the solution of this problem? He would... | |
 | John Punnett Peters - Arbitration, Industrial - 1902 - 522 pages
...capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first 374 existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." What would Lincoln say to-day were he here to participate in the solution of this problem? He would... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves...is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of the community... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves...is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of the community... | |
 | Ohio. Secretary of State - Ohio - 1903 - 1000 pages
...Lincoln that, "Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration." To secure for labor the consideration it deserves ; to uphold the dignity of toil ; to create a healthy... | |
 | Walter Thomas Mills - Economics - 1904 - 652 pages
...independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher .consideration. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages a while, saves a surplus with which to... | |
 | Jesse Harper - 1904 - 420 pages
...of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration. tools or land for himself, then labors on another while and at length hires another beginner to help... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 416 pages
...of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves...benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of community exists within that relation. A few men own capital, and that few avoid labor themselves,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 392 pages
...of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves...is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of the community... | |
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. 
