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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. 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
ar, be better than machines. The hope of pleasure in the work itself: how strange that hope must seem to some of my readers—to most of them! Yet I think that to all living things there is a pleasure in the exercise of their energies, and that even beasts rejoice in being lithe and swift and strong. But a man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. 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.  OUR WILLS WE SHALL SO FAR BE BETTER THAN MACHINES THE HOPE OF PLEASURE IN THE WORK ITSELF HOW STRANGE THAT HOPE MUST SEEM TO SOME OF MY READERS TO MOST OF THEM YET I THINK THAT TO ALL LIVING THINGS THERE IS A PLEASURE IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR ENERGIES AND THAT EVEN BEASTS REJOICE IN BEING LITHE AND SWIFT AND STRONG BUT A MAN AT WORK MAKING SOMETHING WHICH HE FEELS WILL EXIST BECAUSE HE IS WORKING AT IT AND WILLS IT IS EXERCISING THE ENERGIES OF HIS MIND AND SOUL AS WELL AS OF HIS BODY 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
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