'That may be the only way of raising the standard of comfort among people who work with their hands; I take the standpoint of the wholly unpractical man, and say that such efforts do not concern me.

From my point of view no movement can be tolerated which begins with devastating the earth's surface.

You will clothe your workpeople better, you will give them better food and more leisure; in doing so you injure the class that has finer sensibilities, and give power to the class which not only postpones everything to material well-being, but more and more regards intellectual refinement as an obstacle in the way of progress.
Progress--the word is sufficient; you have only to think what it has come to mean.

It will be good to have an example of reaction.' 'When reaction means misery to men and women and little children ?' 'Yes, even if it meant that.

As far as I am concerned, I trust it will have no such results.