Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Chapter 8
Study and Labor
Those who recognize science in the humblest
work will see in it nobility and beauty, and will
take pleasure in performing it with faithfulness and
efficiency.
The Dignity Of Labor
Notwithstanding all that has been said and
written regarding the dignity of manual labor, the
feeling prevails that it is degrading. Popular
opinion has, in many minds, changed the order of
things, and men have come to think that it is not
fitting for a man who works with his hands to take
his place among gentlemen. Men work hard to
obtain money; and having gained wealth, they
suppose that their money will make their sons
gentlemen. But many such fail to train their sons as
they themselves were trained, to hard, useful labor.
Their sons spend the money earned by the labor of
others, without understanding its value. Thus they
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