 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business - 1969 - 512 pages
...story of our industry is well told in the words of Abraham Lincoln in a message to Congress in 1861 : The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors...surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and pros]*»row... | |
 | United States. Employment and Training Administration - Government publications - 1977 - 202 pages
...the one hand, nor of hirelings or slaves on the other." In the North, he continued, there was no such thing ' 'as the free hired laborer being fixed to that condition for life," for all Americans could achieve economic independence. In 1870, by way of contrast, nearly two-thirds... | |
 | Ira Berlin - History - 1993 - 830 pages
...individual could attain independent standing. "There is [no] such thing," declared Abraham Lincoln, "as the free hired laborer being fixed to that condition for life. . . . The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which... | |
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The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on bis own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. 
