He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives to human life higher elevation or greater fullness he is, in the larger meaning of the words, a ' producer,' a ' working man,' a ' laborer,' and is honestly earning honest wages.
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