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11 THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
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_turing The operatives great princi _defends ple on which is that much this same of the system welfar of e combination of almost manufac be
said which essential has been to found commercial thus important prosperity , , or should ifc mi also ght be carried
in out America socially . and , As an we illustration do so the of more this readil we may y as refer it affords to Lowell us
also an examp , le in another particular , since there the labour is chiefly supplied by just the clas often s who suffer need in such body an and occupa mind
in tion means , and who and , in in this morals country from , not following any pursuit so , well ted to their , and requirements The female
neg operative lecting adap at husban Lowell d is or not powers children often or the home wife to or spen the the . mother d small her days trades who at is
men the factory or farmer , but the or growing clerkwhose -up daug services hters of are not required at
h domestic ome , , and service who , the dislike irls , , or who feel in themselves this country , a would degre probabl e above y
; g , ill swell treated the ranks and overworke of ill-paid d dressmakers and incompetent and milliners governesses but who ,
there which - g is ive then a few felt fresh to be vigorous nothing year more s of than early heal youth thful to , exercise a labour . the
houses dence Dwelling of , comprising matrons together - of in not unimpeachable little only communities excel ] ent character sleep under ing , accommodation in commodious _siiperinten and - ,
but sofas kitchens and not , bath unfrequentl -rooms , . . parlours y with furnished a piano also with ; carpets and
diningrooms ordinary , where fare meat ; with , vegetables every facility , and for pastry availing appear irls themselves dail such y as social the of
institu combinations tions , libraries enjoy far , and greater schools advantages , these , g while by engaged in factory work than could have been their portion in their own
homes maintenance , and after but earning a surp for lus some to spend years not in acquiring only a comfortabl a better e
little education capital , or , to to beg save in for some the business purchase dutie , then of a when _troybsseau retire new > from or ties as the are a
formedand there is scope for new s , they factory course , and Wh make should way not for a a similar junior generation lan be pursued to run in Eng the land same , p
mills and a . are similar once y class more find in fitting operation emp ? loym When ent in the the fath mill er , when of a _hardshiin
famil not allowing y is in full the mother work , there to work could also ive be , and the no preference if great employers to sing would p le
women announce to the factories , surel that y th to a ey sufficient enable should the number al work ways of g of the these married would to be be dispensed attracted
withand thus homes and children would no longer be neglected , and society would be less burdened by unemployed
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11 The Past And The Present.
11 THE PAST AND THE PRESENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/11/
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