My, How the Republican Position Has Evolved
'Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.'
-President Abraham Lincoln. You can go here to review an earlier Lincoln quote.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
My, How the Republican About Me
- Name: John Ettorre
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I'm a Cleveland, Ohio-based writer, editor and writing coach, with more than 25 years of experience, including stints in Chicago and Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications, from the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor to local and regional publications. My work has been recognized by awards (including an Emmy) from four journalism groups.
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When, where and why did Lincoln say this ? What is your source of attribution ?
The quote comes from Orville Vernon Burton's new book, The Age of Lincoln, where you'll find it on pg. 219. It's a well-researched and reasonably scholarly book, but it has no footnotes to check the origin of the quote. A subsequent Google search, however, shows that it comes from his first State of the Union address, in 1861. The quote was contained in this longer passage: "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." This answers the where, but not the why.
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