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Page 347
... labor for himself who can make another labor for him . This is so true , that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor . And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed ...
... labor for himself who can make another labor for him . This is so true , that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor . And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed ...
Page 357
... labor's tedious , everyone must own , But surely better such by far than none . The perfect drone , the quite Impertinent , Whose life at nothing aims , but - to be spent , Such heaven visits for some mighty ill , " Tis sure the hardest ...
... labor's tedious , everyone must own , But surely better such by far than none . The perfect drone , the quite Impertinent , Whose life at nothing aims , but - to be spent , Such heaven visits for some mighty ill , " Tis sure the hardest ...
Page 377
... Labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our Duty honestly as Way opened , in the Love of Truth : And thence taking sundry Meet- ings in our Way , we passed homeward ; where , through the Favor of di- vine Providence we reached the ...
... Labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our Duty honestly as Way opened , in the Love of Truth : And thence taking sundry Meet- ings in our Way , we passed homeward ; where , through the Favor of di- vine Providence we reached the ...
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