work ennobles
The play Arbeit ennobles von Detlev von Liliencron appeared in 1887.
The protagonist of the "Genre Picture in 2 Acts" set in New York in 1872 is Count Gyldenkralle, who, similar to Liliencron, had to say goodbye to the army after he had owed 40,000 thalers. Four weeks after his arrival in the New World, he went to the wealthy emigrant Smith in his "house on Fifth Avenue" to ask him, dressed "in the elegant, unmistakable civilian of a Prussian officer", to give him a job To provide. At first, he finds the offer to work as his daughter's groom unreasonable, although Smith reproaches him: “Work doesn't dishonor - work ennobles!” But when he sees Maria with her “wonderful eyes”, his mind changes. Of course, the two fall in love, and Smith not only agrees to their marriage, but also repays the son-in-law's debts.
Other uses
Marie Sophie Schwartz's novel “Arbetet adlar mannen” (1859), translated from Swedish by August Kretzschmar, was published by FA Brockhaus under the title “Die Arbeit adelt”. In 1864 the Franckhsche Verlagshandlung published a translation by Dr. C. Büchele under the more literal title “Work ennobles the man”.
In 1905 the Gotha entrepreneur Philipp Harjes published “objective memories from the United States of North America” under the title “A journey to the country where work ennobles”.
Hedwig Courths-Mahler's novel “Arbeit adelt” from 1921 was later published under the title “The Washerwoman's Daughter”.
“Work for your people ennobles you” or “Work ennobles” for short was the motto of the Reich Labor Service introduced in 1935 .
“Arbeit adelt” is the name of a song by the minimal electro band Welle: Erdball from 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Detlev von Liliencron: Arbeit adelt. Genre picture in 2 acts. Leipzig 1887, p. 13 http://archive.org/details/3720375
- ↑ http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/lebensstations/ns_8.htm - - ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
