4 quotes
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
War (1816)
A rational, moral being cannot, without infinite wrong, be converted into a mere instrument of others’ gratification. He is necessarily an end, not a means. A mind, in which are sown the seeds of wisdom, disinterestedness, firmness of purpose, and piety, is worth more than all the outward material interests of a world. It exists for itself, for its own perfection, and must not be enslaved to its own or others’ animal wants.
Self-Culture (1838)
What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Labor is discovered to be the great, the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)