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gentleman s speech better, if he would illustrate it in his 

 life. If any body got one hour s work out of Smith, it 

 would be so much clear gain. &quot; There is as many as two 

 ways of glorifying labor. One is to make stump speeches 

 to working people, and the other is to pitch in and work 

 yourself.&quot; He thought a man who held a plow, or chop 

 ped wood all day, honored labor enough sight better than 

 a man who was everlastingly talking about work and do 

 ing nothing. He didn t value the working of the jaws 

 near so much as some other parts of the body. 



Uncle Jotham Sparrowgrass said he didn t know as he 

 understood this eight hour movement, but as fur as he did, 

 he didn t think much of it. &quot; It ain t any thing new. It 

 was tried over on the Island more than forty years ago. 

 There was a set of fellows then trying to get rid of work, 

 and they come nearer to saying what they meant than 

 folks did now. They wanted to divide up property 

 equally all round, and said nothing about working for it. 

 When I was a boy, folks who got ahead any, used to get 

 up early in the morning and work as long as they could 

 see, and milk the cows in the dark. If they got the 

 chores done by nine o clock and got ready for bed, they 

 did pretty well. They hadn t much time to feel abused 

 and talk about their rights. The main pint was to get a 

 living and get ahead in the world. They may have car 

 ried work a little too ftir, but arter all, they were first- 

 rate people, and better neighbors I never expect to find in 

 this world.&quot; It seemed to him that the question was 

 whether folks should work and thrive, or try to get a liv 

 ing without work. For one, he was in favour of work, and 

 if he could find any thing to do that paid, he shouldn t be 

 particular about the hours. 



George Washington Tucker said he was glad there was 

 somebody to consider poor folks. He had always worked 

 hard and had nothing to show for it. He never owned a 

 foot of land, and couldn t expect to without some change 



