If you fail to give a full honest day's work, if you know that you have done only three-quarters of a day's work, or four-fifths, it may seem to you at the time that it has paid, but in the long run you lose by it.
He reflects on the long-term losses associated with not giving full effort in work.
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I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.
Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.