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Albert Pike on Work

1809–1891 United States

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The rest that follows labor should be sweeter than the rest which follows rest.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

The true Mason labors for the benefit of those that are to come after him, and for the advancement and improvement of his race.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

Labor is the truest emblem of God, the Architect and Eternal Maker; noble Labor, which is yet to be the King of this Earth, and sit on the highest Throne.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is a perennial nobleness and even sacredness in work. Be he never so benighted and forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual Despair.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

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