...admiration and esteem with which Marx regarded him. In that message Lincoln had declared that " Labour is prior to, and independent of, Capital. Capital is only the fruit of Labour, and could never have existed if Labour had not first existed. Labour is the superior of Capital,...

...whoever is once a hired laborer is fixed in that condition for life. Now, there is no such relation between capital and labor as assumed, nor is there...life in the condition of a hired laborer. Both these assump- 25 tions are false, and all inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to, and independent...

...congratulated his countrymen on the fact that, as he said, "There is no such relation between labor and capital as assumed, nor is there any such thing as a free...fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer." This is less universally true of us today, doubtless, through our own hospitality and material needs,...

...- Now there is no such relation between Labor and Capital as thus assumed, nor is there any such a thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition...hired laborer. Both these assumptions are false and the inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent of Capital. Capital is only...

.... Now there is no such relation between Labor and Capital as thus assumed, nor is there any such a thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer. Both these assumptions arc false and the inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent of Capital....

...through a century, has built up a system of law barbarous in its injustice and inequality. Lincoln said, "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruits of labor and could never have existed if labor had not existed first. Labor is superior to capital...

...is fixed in that condition for life. " Now, there is no such relation between capital and s labour as assumed, nor is there any such thing as a free...man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired labourer. Both these assumptions are false, and all inferences from them are groundless. " Labour is...

...nobody labors unless somebody else owning capital somehow, by the use of it, induces him to labor. * * * Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and never could have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves...

...hope that their condition was temporary instead of permanent. "Nor is there any such thing," he said, "as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer." With the revolution that was taking place in transportation, the ideal of the small landlord proprietor...

...man's being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer." So he affirms. And then he argues that "labor is prior to and independent of capital." "Capital is only the fruit of labor." "Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. " Hired labor, and capital...