bs2> The national spirit in France is opposed to manufactures ; the rich prefer the army and the liberal professions, and are generally content with a competency, rather than run the risk and trouble of trade ; the lower classes have their native prejudices, and there is a general want of enterprise and inclination to embark capital in great commercial undertakings and national improvements.
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> .. the introduction of mechanical power ; yet, its beneficial influence on the condition of the working classes, is not only.. doubted, but in.. publications.. denied. It is viewed as depriving the greater portion.. of their only capital, "labour" and.. curtailing their means of purchasing.. commodities necessary for subsistence, however low the price..
#GeorgeBrowning in The Domestic and Financial Condition of Britain
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#GeorgeBrowning in The Domestic and Financial Condition of Britain
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> .. in 1834, #GeorgeBrowning offered the following comparison:
>> The French labourers do not like the sedentary life of a weaver, or the immured existence of a miner, whilst their smiling fields and luxuriant groves are so tempting and so much more congenial. Hence.. comparatively scattered – their roads bad – their canals few – their immense strata of coal and iron lie buried in primeval beds – and their power of competition is viewed by the British manufacturer with easy indifference.
>> The French labourers do not like the sedentary life of a weaver, or the immured existence of a miner, whilst their smiling fields and luxuriant groves are so tempting and so much more congenial. Hence.. comparatively scattered – their roads bad – their canals few – their immense strata of coal and iron lie buried in primeval beds – and their power of competition is viewed by the British manufacturer with easy indifference.