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True work is the necessity of poor humanity's earthly condition. the dignity is in leisure. besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked.
-Herman Melville
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True Work Is The Necessity Of Poor

Herman Melville
True work is the necessity of poor humanity's earthly condition. the dignity is in leisure. besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked.
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