Labor is ennobling but drudgery is benumbing. [1] Man has most selfishly chosen the more agreeable work, leaving the routine drudgery to woman. [2]
In the spiritual world there is no such thing as menial work; all service is sacred and exhilarating; neither do the higher orders of beings look down upon the lower orders of existence. [3] Religion ennobles the commonplace drudgery of daily living. We should do oour work, therefore, from this time on, as for God. [4]