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Let us see, then, if she does not give us some compensation for this compulsion to labour, since certainly in other matters she takes care to make the acts necessary to the continuance of life in the individual and the race not only endurable, but even pleasurable. LET US SEE THEN IF SHE DOES NOT GIVE US SOME COMPENSATION FOR THIS COMPULSION TO LABOR SINCE CERTAINLY IN OTHER MATTERS SHE TAKES CARE TO MAKE THE ACTS NECESSARY TO THE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE IN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE RACE NOT ONLY ENDURABLE BUT EVEN PLEASURABLE
trike some of my readers as strange. It is assumed by most people nowadays that all work is useful, and by most well-to-to people that all work is desirable. Most people, well-to-do or not, believe that, even when a man is doing work which appears to be useless, he is earning his livelihood by it—he is “employed,” as the phrase goes; and most of those who are well-to-do cheer on the happy worker with congratulations and praises, if he is only “industrious” enough and deprives himself of all pleasure and holidays in the sacred cause of labour. In short, it has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself—a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust, but to look into the matter a little deeper. Let us grant, first, that the race of man must either labour or perish. Nature does not give us our livelihood gratis; we must win it by toil of some sort or degree.  ONE THE ABOVE TITLE MAY STRIKE SOME OF MY READERS AS STRANGE IT IS ASSUMED BY MOST PEOPLE NOWADAYS THAT ALL WORK IS USEFUL AND BY MOST WELL TO DO PEOPLE THAT ALL WORK IS DESIRABLE MOST PEOPLE WELL TO DO OR NOT BELIEVE THAT EVEN WHEN A MAN IS DOING WORK WHICH APPEARS TO BE USELESS HE IS EARNING HIS LIVELIHOOD BY IT HE IS EMPLOYED AS THE PHRASE GOES AND MOST OF THOSE WHO ARE WELL TO DO CHEER ON THE HAPPY WORKER WITH CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAISES IF HE IS ONLY INDUSTRIOUS ENOUGH AND DEPRIVES HIMSELF OF ALL PLEASURE AND HOLIDAYS IN THE SACRED CAUSE OF LABOUR IN SHORT IT HAS BECOME AN ARTICLE OF THE CREED OF MODERN MORALITY THAT ALL LABOUR IS GOOD IN ITSELF A CONVENIENT BELIEF TO THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE LABOUR OF OTHERS BUT AS TO THOSE ON WHOM THEY LIVE I RECOMMEND THEM NOT TO TAKE IT ON TRUST BUT TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER A LITTLE DEEPER LET US GRANT FIRST THAT THE RACE OF MAN MUST EITHER LABOR OR PERISH NATURE DOES NOT GIVE US OUR LIVELIHOOD GRATIS WE MUST WIN IT BY TOIL OF SOME SORT OR DEGREE
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