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" T-HE PAST AND. THE PRESENT. ¦ • 7'
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Slavery It Is One , That Of By The Exact...
formed or is ever likely to be formed which does not require human The first superintendence objection made . then has been found to fail : the poor
have not lost their employment by the introduction of machinery ; but are they worse employed ? On the slaveholder contrary , thrown in this case
creatures to are all not the the that population exclusive the grinding ,, privileges for it is labour not of upon the toil is thrown has a section been , but of considerabl upon our fellow insen open - -
li sibl htened e matter it ; is and wood whil and e hum iron an and steam that are made the y inventors willing g slaves , and -of improvers Mind , , their too ri the g , htfub mind -lord thus . In disp the layed case had of the it
not been called forth in this direction by the loud voice , of the necessities of the miht onlhave lain in unused waste
barber for it was whose , in most faculties age cases , , had g to som onl y e y poor becom uneducated e sharpened weaver by the or ,
gent use improvem pressure them being , of , ents surel an to ever supervise y were it is present due an . and occupation And need direct 5 as that regards mechanical more these worth mi those ghty y and of who mechanical an elemental intelli merely - .
forcesthan to be merely putting forth so inuch physical the the exertion natur worker , . e A of too hi the g becomes her emp kind loyment raised of workmanshi is more If we elevated p compare is required , the the natur , an simp d e of le
which make spinning , hardl or -wheel the required still of olden simp making ler times distaff , at . which all and with almost spindle the any comp , mere boor lex sticks move could - ,
increased ments of an the y amount modern of human mule , ingenuity we may , must conceive have how been vastly called before
forth in the mere construction of the implements ever bringing them into use . So manufactures far , however , this directl not ordin y concerns aril
branch onl extend y the to of other those femal sex who e , emp as make such loyment use , of but such must different are not the implements influence y a ? that those
We admit the effect of natural scenery , and expect who inhabit Alpine heights or dwell amid of the mig and hty sublimity roar of a
infused Niagara , into shoul their d have minds something by such more surroundings grandeur than can be looked for from those who have seen no loftier eminence than a vill
hillock or heard no sound of waters beyond the murmur of a age it brook be then , or the that bustling the woman rush who of a work rain s -swelled amid some city of gutter the hi . ghest Can
her triump servant hs of mechanical and a machin skill e , of who a thousan has the d steam parts -eng under ine her for
no control hiher , her ideas , lightest from touch connection bidding it with go or all stop these , should marvels derive of
science g than if she sat all day long drawing out a pinch of flax
" T-He Past And. The Present. ¦ • 7'
" T-HE PAST AND . THE PRESENT . ¦ 7 '
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/7/
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