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Work is not a constraint. Man's activity provides his true fulfilment. True fulfilment however, can only be achieved if one man is not another man's slave.
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In this new era, what sets you free is knowledge, not work.
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The most powerful urge known to Man is the urge to be free of manual labour. Any means that accomplishes that end is fine. Some people erroneously imagine that they have a birthright to non-manual work.
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Work restores humankind and all its attributes to the savage animal condition that was its original intended state.
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October 20, 1946
(age 78)
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