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The Rights of LaborLincolnA.html
Abraham Lincoln
(President of the United States; 18091865. A frequently quoted passage attributed to Lincoln, prophesying the developments of modern capitalist industry, has been proven to be spurious. It therefore seems worth stating that the passages quoted in this volume have been duly verified)I
Now, there is no such relation between capital and labor as here assumed.… Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.