It is wrapped up in the beggar's raiment, which unroll in our mills into paper--yesterday, a beggar's feculent rags; to-day, a newspaper, conveying the world's daily life into twenty thousand families.
Beecher points out the transformative potential of labor, turning humble materials into valuable products.
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