| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 981 |
| AUTHOR: | Daniel Webster (17821852) |
| QUOTATION: | They are usually denominated labor-saving machines, but it would be more just to call them labor-doing machines. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Senator DANIEL WEBSTER, remarks in the Senate, March 12, 1838.The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster, vol. 8, p. 177 (1903). |
| SUBJECTS: | Labor |
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