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First, there are people—not a few—who do no work, and make no pretence of doing any. Next, there are people, and very many of them, who work fairly hard, though with abundant easements and holidays, claimed and allowed; and lastly, there are people who work so hard that they may be said to do nothing else than work, and are accordingly called "the working classes," as distinguished from the middle classes and the rich, or aristocracy, whom I have mentioned above. FIRST THERE ARE PEOPLE NOT A FEW WHO DO NO WORK AND MAKE NO PRETENSE OF DOING ANY NEXT THERE ARE PEOPLE AND VERY MANY OF THEM WHO WORK FAIRLY HARD THOUGH WITH ABUNDANT EASEMENTS AND HOLIDAYS CLAIMED AND ALLOWED AND LASTLY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK SO HARD THAT THEY MAY BE SAID TO DO NOTHING ELSE THAN WORK AND ARE ACCORDINGLY CALLED THE WORKING CLASSES AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE MIDDLE CLASSES AND THE RICH OR ARISTOCRACY WHOM I HAVE MENTIONED ABOVE
 help him as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as a part of the human race, he creates. If we work thus we shall be men, and our days will be happy and eventful. Thus worthy work carries with it the hope of pleasure in rest, the hope of the pleasure in our using what it makes, and the hope of pleasure in our daily creative skill. All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves’ work—mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil. Therefore, since we have, as it were, a pair of scales in which to weigh the work now done in the world, let us use them. Let us estimate the worthiness of the work we do, after so many thousand years of toil, so many promises of hope deferred, such boundless exultation over the progress of civilization and the gain of liberty. Now, the first thing as to the work done in civilization and the easiest to notice is that it is portioned out very unequally amongst the different classes of society. ODY MEMORY AND IMAGINATION HELP HIM AS HE WORKS NOT ONLY HIS OWN THOUGHTS BUT THE THOUGHTS OF THE MEN OF PAST AGES GUIDE HIS HANDS AND AS A PART OF THE HUMAN RACE HE CREATES IF WE WORK THUS WE SHALL BE MEN AND OUR DAYS WILL BE HAPPY AND EVENTFUL THUS WORTHY WORK CARRIES WITH IT THE HOPE OF PLEASURE IN REST THE HOPE OF THE PLEASURE IN OUR USING WHAT IT MAKES AND THE HOPE OF PLEASURE IN OUR DAILY CREATIVE SKILL ALL OTHER WORK BUT THIS IS WORTHLESS IT IS SLAVES WORK MERE TOILING TO LIVE THAT WE MAY LIVE TO TOIL THEREFORE SINCE WE HAVE AS IT WERE A PAIR OF SCALES IN WHICH TO WEIGH THE WORK NOW DONE IN THE WORLD LET US USE THEM LET US ESTIMATE THE WORTHINESS OF THE WORK WE DO AFTER SO MANY THOUSAND YEARS OF TOIL SO MANY PROMISES OF HOPE DEFERRED SUCH BOUNDLESS EXULTATION OVER THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION AND THE GAIN OF LIBERTY NOW THE FIRST THING AS TO THE WORK DONE IN CIVILIZATION AND THE EASIEST TO NOTICE IS THAT IT IS PORTIONED OUT VERY UNEQUALLY AMONGST THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF SOCIETY
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