 | George Henry Shibley - Bimetallism - 1896 - 722 pages
...Springfield December 20, 1839 (page 114 above). On three widely separated occasions he stated that " Labor is the superior of Capital and deserves much the higher consideration."* President Lincoln in a letter to his friend Elkins in Illinois in 1864 said: Lincoln's Prophecy. "Yes,... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 566 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 community... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 800 pages
...Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if lalx^r had not first existed. IYalxir is the superior of capital, and deserves much the...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 community... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 pages
...Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. I^abor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the...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 community... | |
 | James Daniel Richardson, United States. President - Presidents - 1899 - 818 pages
...labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of -capi tal, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital...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 community... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 1040 pages
...have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much tlie higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which...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 community... | |
 | Addison Awes - California - 1900 - 148 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 community... | |
 | Samuel Chipman Parks - Imperialism - 1900 - 184 pages
...the fruit of labor and would never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital and deserves much the higher consideration....are as worthy of protection as any other rights." Whenever this doctrine of Mr. Lincoln shall be accepted by the American people, enacted into law, and... | |
 | American literature - 1901 - 694 pages
...long retain it. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could not have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration. When it comes to a question between a man and a dollar, I am on the side of the man every time. He... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 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...protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied that there ia, and probably always will be, a relation UFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. between labor and capital producing... | |
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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. 
