Stands watching—the listless-eyed;
While with sweat and with pain and the long day’s strain
These toil—and are satisfied.
(1745)
Labor, A Hero of—See [Energy Indomitable].
LABOR, AVOIDING
“I like to sew where there is no thread in the machine, it runs so easily,” said a little girl.
A good many people, I think, are pretty fond of running their machines without thread.
When I hear a boy talking very largely of the grand things he would do if he only could and if things and circumstances were only different, and then neglecting every daily duty and avoiding work and lessons, I think he is running his machine without any thread.
When I see a girl very sweet and pleasant abroad, ready to do anything for a stranger, and cross and disagreeable in her home, she, too, is running her machine without any thread.