The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants ar…

Abraham Lincoln
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The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches, p.236, Cambridge University Press
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The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches, p.236, Cambridge University Press

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