| The thing which has made Labor great &
powerful is labor-saving machinery--& nothing else in the world could
have done it. It has been labor's savior, benefactor; but Labor doesn't
know it, & would ignorantly crucify it. But that is human & natural.
Every great invention takes a livelihood away from 50,000 men--& within
ten years creates a livelihood for half a million. But you can't make Labor
appreciate that: he is laboring for himself, not the breadless half million
that are issuing from his loins. They are somebody else's children; he fails
to reflect that his own are among them. - Letter to William D. Howells, 31 March 1888 |
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