On the recordJuly 1, 1854
The hired labourer of yesterday labours on his own account to-day, and will hire others to labour for him to-morrow.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
In a fragment on labor, Lincoln illustrates the dynamic progression of individuals within the American economic system.
Share
More from Abraham Lincoln
Apr 11, 1865
He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…
Apr 11, 1865
I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.
Mar 17, 1865
Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slave for his selfish meanness.
Apr 11, 1865
If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Other voices in this conversation
