Excerpt from An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions Another British writer, whose work may be styled the text book of statesmen, thus complains of the de leterious effects on society and civilization, which arise from the drudgery incident to the manipulations of ex tensive manufactories, which may be greatly alleviated, and in some instances, almost annihilated, by labor-sav ing machinery. In the progress of the division of labor, the employment of the greater part of those who live by labor, that is of the ...
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Excerpt from An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions Another British writer, whose work may be styled the text book of statesmen, thus complains of the de leterious effects on society and civilization, which arise from the drudgery incident to the manipulations of ex tensive manufactories, which may be greatly alleviated, and in some instances, almost annihilated, by labor-sav ing machinery. In the progress of the division of labor, the employment of the greater part of those who live by labor, that is of the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a few very simple operations; frequently to one or two. But the under standings of the greater part of men are necessarily formed by their ordinary employments. The man Whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple Operations, of which the effects too, are perhaps, always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding, or to exercise his invention in finding out expedients for removing difficulties, which never occur. He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exercise, and becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become. The torpor of his mind renders him not only incapable of relishing or hearing a part in any rational conversation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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