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The growth of a sentiment that despises work is an appeal from civilization to barbarism.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “The growth of a sentiment that despises work is an appeal from civilization to barbarism.”
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Coolidge warns against the growing disdain for work, suggesting it threatens the foundations of civilization.
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