All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble. ✨ Thoma…

Thomas Carlyle
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All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2014). The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle, p.365, Lulu.com
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