. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . Lincolns tomb and monument, oak ridge cemetery,[470] springfield, BRONZE CORNER PIECES—SARCOPHAGUS AND MEMORIAL ROOM. [471] LINCOLN ON LABOR AND CAPITAL. In one of his messages to Congress Pr
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . Lincolns tomb and monument, oak ridge cemetery,[470] springfield, BRONZE CORNER PIECES—SARCOPHAGUS AND MEMORIAL ROOM. [471] LINCOLN ON LABOR AND CAPITAL. In one of his messages to Congress President Lincolnspoke of the true relations of labor and capital. To the .language then used by him he added a few sentences inMarch, 1864, when he replied to a workingmens asso-ciation that had made him an honorary member. Thefollowing is that part of the message bearing almost di-rectly on the subject, with its later addendum: It is assumed that labor is available only in connec-tion with capital; that no one labors, unless somebodyelse, owning capital, somehow by the use of it induceshim to labor. Now thereis no such relation betweenlabor and capital as assumed; nor is there any such thingas a free man being fixed for life in the condition of ahired laborer. Labor is prior to and independent ofcapital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and couldnever have existed if labor had not first existed. Capi-tal has its rights, which are as worthy of protection asa
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