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> That so many are ready to live by luck, and so get the means of commanding the labor of others less lucky, without contributing any value to society! And that
by PavlovsCat 8y ago
> That so many are ready to live by luck, and so get the means of commanding the labor of others less lucky, without contributing any value to society! And that is called enterprise! I know of no more startling development of the immorality of trade, and all the common modes of getting a living. The philosophy and poetry and religion of such a mankind are not worth the dust of a puffball. The hog that gets his living by rooting, stirring up the soil so, would be ashamed of such company. If I could command the wealth of all the worlds by lifting my finger, I would not pay such a price for it.
-- Henry David Thoreau, "Life Without Principle"