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What is the difference between them, then? This: one has hope in it, the other has not. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM THEN THIS ONE HAS HOPE IN IT THE OTHER HAS NOT
t or degree. 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. You may be sure that she does so, that it is of the nature of man, when he is not diseased, to take pleasure in his work under certain conditions. And, yet, we must say in the teeth of the hypocritical praise of all labour, whatsoever it may be, of which I have made mention, that there is some labour which is so far from being a blessing that it is a curse; that it would be better for the community and for the worker if the latter were to fold his hands and refuse to work, and either die or let us pack him off to the workhouse or prison—which you will. Here, you see, are two kinds of work—one good, the other bad; one not far removed from a blessing, a lightening of life; the other a mere curse, a burden to life.  WIN IT BY TOIL OF SOME SORT OR DEGREE 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 YOU MAY BE SURE THAT SHE DOES SO THAT IT IS OF THE NATURE OF MAN WHEN HE IS NOT DISEASED TO TAKE PLEASURE IN HIS WORK UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND YET WE MUST SAY IN THE TEETH OF THE HYPOCRITICAL PRAISE OF ALL LABOUR WHATSOEVER IT MAY BE OF WHICH I HAVE MADE MENTION THAT THERE IS SOME LABOUR WHICH IS SO FAR FROM BEING A BLESSING THAT IT IS A CURSE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE WORKER IF THE LATTER WERE TO FOLD HIS HANDS AND REFUSE TO WORK AND EITHER DIE OR LET US PACK HIM OFF TO THE WORKHOUSE OR PRISON WHICH YOU WILL HERE YOU SEE ARE TWO KINDS OF WORK ONE GOOD THE OTHER BAD ONE NOT FAR REMOVED FROM A BLESSING A LIGHTENING OF LIFE THE OTHER A MERE CURSE A BURDEN TO LIFE
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