Of what use can our labour be, when the labours we record are in themselves entirely useless?

Henry Dircks
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The value of our work is not in the work itself, but in what it represents. The value of our work is in ensuring that our society progresses. Our labour is useless if there are no records of it. If our labour does not benefit other people, then it has no point.

Source: Perpetuum Mobile: Or A History Of The Search For Selfmotive Power From The 13Th To The 19Th Century

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