All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not… — Thomas Carlyle
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god.
Past and Present · 1843
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Current citation
Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present, edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser. Oxford University Press, 2023, bk. 3, ch. 4.
Original citation
Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, bk. 3, ch. 4.
