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  • Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

    Samuel Smiles (1864). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.209