Handcraft (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from HandcraftThe gloom and chilliness of that protracted depression Of trade which has hung round our planet like a belt Of Saturn for several years, but which may be dissipated any morning by a brisk trade wind - springing up no man knows where - the gloom and chilliness of this depression predisposes us to pessimistic views, and to give credence to statements which in brighter moments we would brush impatiently aside. And thus it is, I think, that even sagacious heads are shaken over statements like that Of Mr. Oscar Browning, that we are every year losing ground in the race Of industry to the better-trained foreigner, owing to our deplorable education, which prevents us at present from looking any foreigner in the face without a blush, or like that of Mr. Wilson, Head Master Of Clifton College, that he came back from a visit to the continent with a feeling Of humiliation, not unmixed with alarm, when he contrasted our condition and prospects with those Of our industrial rivals, or like that of Mr. Felkin, that England is being robbed in detail of her industrial supremacy, or like that Of Mr. Mundella, that everyone must know that what we have to contend with is the lack of technical instruction for our working classes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.