...based on wage labour. " John Stuart Mill observes, in his ' Principles of " Political Economy,' that it is questionable if all the " mechanical inventions...have lightened the " day's toil of any human being. Such is, however, " by no means the object of machinery as applied under " the capitalist system. Like...

...great thinker — who had lived too through many years of this inventive age — was able to question " if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being; " yet so wrote John Stuart Mill.1 To that doubt we do not subscribe.2 That it could have been entertained...

...their work, their condition would be improved. But they are disappointed. John Stuart Mill says, " Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." This is a significant and tremendous indictment of modern industry. By means of machinery capitalists...

...of wealth, industrial improvements would produce their legitimate effect, that of abridging labour. Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's X toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery...

...consdquence 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,...

...that of abridging labour. Hitherto it is questionable if ! all the mechanical inventions yet made I have lightened the day's toil of any human being....drudgery and imprisonment, and an ' increased number of manufacturer» and others to make fortunes. They have increased the comforts of the middle classes....

...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...

...discovery has been hailed as a blessing to mankind. But has it been a blessing J John Stuart Mill said: "It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions...have lightened the day's toil of any human being." And John Ruskin has written in this melancholy strain : Though England is deafened with spinning wheels,...

...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...

...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...