In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.


Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina (ed. 1866)

James Henry Hammond Quotes

In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of...

In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of...

In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of...

In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of...