Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

"'Tis true, 'tis sad 'tis true," Terrence replied lugubriously. Then
his face beamed. "And I thank the good Lord for it, for the work-
beasties that drag and drive the plows up and down the fields, for the
bat-eyed miner-beasties that dig the coal and gold, for all the stupid
peasant-beasties that keep my hands soft, and give power to fine
fellows like Dick there, who smiles on me and shares the loot with me,
and buys the latest books for me, and gives me a place at his board
that is plenished by the two-legged work-beasties, and a place at his
fire that is builded by the same beasties, and a shack and a bed in
the jungle under the madroño trees where never work intrudes its
monstrous head."