...consequence sa misere." 3 The general truth of this was later admitted by Mill, in his avowal that "hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened 1 " The inhabitants have felt that pure air, free walking, the pleasure of the eyes, are also products,...

...tenders of machinery, it seems as if Mill were almost justified in his somewhat rhetorical verdict : " It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." Now to come to the question of " monotony." Is the net tendency of machinery to make labor more or...

...execute by the exertion of their muscles and members without any aid from machinery. JS Mill has said : " It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." It seems to me that there can be no question at all that mechanical inventions have lightened the day's...

...execute by the exertion of their muscles and members without any aid from machinery. JS Mill has said : " It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." It seems to me that there can be no question at all that mechanical inventions have lightened the day's...

...must be regarded as a deliberate conclusion, founded on a reasoned proof. " Hitherto," he writes, " it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes." It is a belief of this kind that gives any strength it may have to the movement in the direction...

...of wealth, industrial improvements would produce their legitimate effect, that of abridging labour. Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical...enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgeiy and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes. They...

...cultivation which is capable of growing food for human beings; every flowery waste or natural pasture plowed up, all quadrupeds or birds which are not domesticated...increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes. They have increased the comforts of the middle classes. But they have not yet begun to effect...

...hours than before, but find themselves getting poorer and poorer. " Hitherto," says John Stuart Mill, " it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." Those who are working on leased land find themselves reduced to slavery, long hours, and a bare sustenance...

...populous countries, been attained. A population may be too crowded, though * Book ii. chap. ii. % 4. all be amply supplied with food and raiment. It is...increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes. They have increased the comforts of the middle classes. But they have not yet begun to effect...

...of wealth, industrial improvements would produce their legitimate effect, that of abridging labour. Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical...increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes. They have increased the comforts of the middle classes. But they have not yet begun to effect...