I may have several quotes from a Social Philosopher, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. The quotes will be from "The Works of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy DVD" put out by Argo Books and the ERH Foundation. Page numbers are the microfilm pages used in the DVD navigation.
Currently I am reading "Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man". (OoR)
Here ERH is pointing out an observation about labor or the working man:
"The stretch and strain of labour brings the labour-force inside us so close to the surface that the drone and hum and whetting and pawing and swearing and screaming silence the other parts of our being. Labour even acquires a universal language. The labour forces "waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole". The curses of the individual labourer carry no weight; but once united the labour-forces can break their chains. We can organize labour as part of the universe. Labour is a curse by which God has blessed mankind. Labour is a curse for the lonely worker, but it can be made the happiness of a co-operative fellowship."(ERH, OoR, p.135)
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