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entertain or enlighten our fellow beings? Is it too mucli to ask that the work which is offered ns be placed in wholesome surroundings^ free from corruption of the spirit as well as of the body? Is it too much to ask that our jobs shall permit us to grow while we work^ and leave us a balance of energy to play withal? Is it too much to ask that human devotion to work shall be rewarded with life as well as with the means of life?

We must demand an arganizaiion of work and a diHribuiion of workers that will yield a maTimnm of satisfaction and pleasure to the workers while at uwrJc. We must demand that in the planning of shops and factories, in the offering of jobs and in the selection of jobs, the first consideration shall be that these things are for the men and women who are to do the work, no less than for the human beings who are to direct the work, or who are to cut the coupons.

Men and women should rejoice in their work, for that is the mosf of their life.

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