New-York tribune., 1841-04-29
From the Dial 70
THOUGHTS ON LABOR.

COD eucI back be clothed, mouth
To be filed and a pair of hands work with And since
wherever mouth and back created pair OF hands
also provided tine inference is unavoidable that the hands
be used supply the needs OF the mouth and the
back Now there mouth to each pair OF hands
and each mouth be filed it follows quite naturally
that single pair OF hands refuses to do its work, then
the mouth suHgry what's worse the work done by
other hands In the case the supply failing, ncon
vcncncc suffered and the dies in the other he eats
ard wears the earnest of another mans work and wrong
is inflicted The law of this, If will not
work neither shall he eat Still further, God has beau
tulv woven together the web of life with its warp OF ate
and It's wool Of Frcc that in addition the result of
mans duty when faithfully done, there satisfaction and
rccomrcnse in the very discharge thereof In rational
state Of things, Duty and Degh; travel the same road
sometimes hand in hand Labor has agreeable end in
the result gain; but the means also are agreeable tor
there are pleasures in the work itself These unexpected
the gratucs and stray-g of Heaven,
scattered abundsnty in life. Thus the kindness of our
friends the love of Children of itself worth thou
sand times all the pains take on their account Labor,
in like manner has reflective action and gives the wek-
blessing and above the natural result which
he looked for The duty of labor written mans body
in the stout muscle of the and the delicate machinery OF
The hand That ii cOngcnal to our nature appears from
the alacrity with which children apply themselves to it and
find pleasure in the work itself without regard to Its use
The young duck does naturally betaks Itself to the
wafer than the bov the work which goes around him.
There some work, which the village suegard ana
the city fop love to de- and that they only do we'll
These Two latter facts show that labor in degree Is
no less pleasure than duty and prove that is not by
nature law animal who is forced Hunger to dig ard SPIN
Yet there are some whe labor a and punish
ment They regard the necessity of work. the greatest
evil brought on us by the Fall :; curse that will cling
to our sand Many submit 10 this yoke, and toll and
save hope leave their postcr1y out OF the reach OF tins
primitive
Others still more foolish regard disgrace. Young
men-thc children of honest pareMts who living by their
manly aud toharlencd hands, bear up the burcn of the
world on their shoulders and with thankful hearts their
| .ba of OF
their fathers occupation and orsang the plough the
chise or the forge seek livelihood IN what sometimes
norscd more respectable and gcnteel vocaon that Is In
calling which demands less OF the hands, and quite often
loss f the head likewise than their fathers hard craft for
tia, mbecily which drives TO those calngs has It's
scot mostly in higher reglos than the hands Nfaced
dnnscs ber their discover invent some ancestor
in buckram who did work. The Sophomore In sI;,
college is ashamed of his father who wears blue trocN and
~. dsv brother who tolls with the an! the axe These
men after they have wiped OFF the dirt and scot OF their
early life sometimes become arrant coNconbs and standing
like the heads of Hcrncs without hands, having only
no;h make faces such continue to the state G
a;u bondworh Some relates anecdote which illus
raes quite plainly this foolish desire of young men to ye
without work happened in of our large towns that
= Sbopkeeper and Blacksmith. both living IN the same
street advertised for apprentice on the same day In
gvcp time fifty beurdess Youngsters applied to the Huber
sber and not one the Smith But this story has ter
hc moral namely that toy-nnc out OF the ity were
disappointed at the outset, - j.,
"
Graceful was confined young men and glddy maldens
G d habits ana weak heads for then would be looked
or os one of the diseases of early life, which we Know
ns come and rejoice when young friends have happily
cl through H. knowing it of the ills that flesh Is
bon; 70 but is not very srievou and comes bat once IL
h Uterine This labor, this notion thai 1t Is
c and disgrace, this selfish desire 10 escape from the
r and natural lo Of man. is tho sacraen,a SIN OF the
6,, class in our great cities The children OF the poor
r TO be rid of ii, and what OF a rich man learns
jo or ills the soil with his own hands MANY men iooN
~ rho ability TO be idle the desirable and honorable
oi; They glory being the Mouth that consumes not
tho Hand that works. Yet would suppose man OF
scss hands and idle head, in the midst OF God world
b each thing works for all in the midst OF the toi ana
Of the human race, nec! make an apology ior
his sIob and would ask pardon for violating the common
n AND Withdrawing his neck from the general yoke OF hu
-, " Sill more does ne need an apology II ne Is ac
l IN qetng into his hands the result OF DINERS worn
p - !; No, So The man who. is rich enough 10 DC ioie
xans himself on his leisure and what Is worse o'ner val
No him for it, Active must make shaneacc eN'ls'
Co.. ,q busv and working men for their toll as II business
AID ,1 were not the duty of all and the support oil tue
world In certain countries men are divided nor No.9
into ro classes the men who WORK and the men VINO NJ
and the latter despse the employment OF the former as
and degrading it's the slaTes duty to plough saa M
then poet and freemans business TO ENJOY a. leisure n
f;t of Tho, ,ohng 1t Is remnant OF these oarpaous