January 28, 2010
A plaque I came across in the Lower East Side. Transcription:COOPERATIONCOOPERATION MEANS CONCERT FOR THE DIFFUSION OF WEALTH. IT LEAVES NOBODY OUT WHO HELPS TO PRODUCE IT. IT TOUCHES NO MAN’S FORTUNE; IT SEEKS NO PLUNDER; IT CAUSES NO DISTURBANCE IN SOCIETY;………… IT CONTEMPLATES NO VIOLENCE; IT SUBVERTS NO ORDER…. IT ACCEPTS NO GIFT NOR ASKS ANY FAVOR; IT KEEPS NO TERMS WITH THE IDLE AND IT WILL BREAK NO FAITH WITH THE INDUSTRIOUS….. IT MEANS SELF-HELP. SELF-DEPENDENCE AND SUCH SHARE OF THE COMMON COMPETENCE AS LABOR SHALL EARN OR THOUGHT CAN WIN……………..GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKELONDON, ENGLAND - 1885

A plaque I came across in the Lower East Side. Transcription:

COOPERATION

COOPERATION MEANS CONCERT FOR THE DIFFUSION OF WEALTH. IT LEAVES NOBODY OUT WHO HELPS TO PRODUCE IT. IT TOUCHES NO MAN’S FORTUNE; IT SEEKS NO PLUNDER; IT CAUSES NO DISTURBANCE IN SOCIETY;………… IT CONTEMPLATES NO VIOLENCE; IT SUBVERTS NO ORDER…. IT ACCEPTS NO GIFT NOR ASKS ANY FAVOR; IT KEEPS NO TERMS WITH THE IDLE AND IT WILL BREAK NO FAITH WITH THE INDUSTRIOUS….. IT MEANS SELF-HELP. SELF-DEPENDENCE AND SUCH SHARE OF THE COMMON COMPETENCE AS LABOR SHALL EARN OR THOUGHT CAN WIN……………..

GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE
LONDON, ENGLAND - 1885

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