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　　for a kid from Lakeland, Louisiana. People in our area mainly lived on farming. “

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　　something that you like doing to study, and you will always

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　　your work,” my father told me. But he also

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　　, “Even having a job you hate is

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　　than not having a job at all.” I wanted to be a farmer,

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　　I joined a military training program to help pay for college. And what started out as an obligation(职责) to the

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　　became a way of life that I

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　　devoted to for 37 years.

　　In the late 1980s, when visiting Bangladesh, I saw a woman with a baby on her back,

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　　bricks with a hammer. I asked a Bangladesh military officer why they weren’t using a machine to make the work

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　　. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. And bad as that woman’s job was, it was

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　　to keep a small family alive, which

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　　me of my father’s words.

　　And I came to

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　　that people without work are not free. They are

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　　of crime, poor health, and depression. People with work can have a home, develop a sense of pride and

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