The Factory (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The FactoryRealism and romance lie very near to gether, and we shall find the factory, when we come to study the history of it, some thing more than granite walls and grinding machinery, the factory, indeed, has been an important instrument in the upward pro gress of mankind. There is an ugly side to the story, especially in the beginning, for when the craftsmen of the world were trans formed into factory operatives, thousands suffered a degree of poverty never known before, and many perished in the transition to the new system of manufacturing, but in the end that system revolutionized the whole social order, gave to toil its right ful dignity, and, creating a new loyalty to the cause of labor, became an element in the development of modern democracy. It is this brighter side of the story that.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.