On the recordJuly 1, 1854
As labour is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden on to the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.
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In a fragment on labor and human condition, Lincoln identifies the avoidance of shared work as a fundamental human failing.
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