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exploits him very much more completely than the customs of the manor of the feudal period. The life of the worker and the production of goods in this transition period, when Feudal society was sickening for its end, is a difficult and wide subject that requires separate treatment; at present I will leave the mediæval workman at the full development of that period which found him a serf bound to the manor, and which left him generally a yeoman or an artisan sharing the collective _status_ of his gild. EXPLOITS HIM VERY MUCH MORE COMPLETELY THAN THE CUSTOMS OF THE MANNER OF THE FEUDAL PERIOD THE LIFE OF THE WORKER AND THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS IN THIS TRANSITION PERIOD WHEN FEUDAL SOCIETY WAS SICKENING FOR ITS END IS A DIFFICULT AND WIDE SUBJECT THAT REQUIRES SEPARATE TREATMENT AT PRESENT I WILL LEAVE THE MEDIAEVAL WORKMAN AT THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PERIOD WHICH FOUND HIM A SERF BOUND TO THE MANNER AND WHICH LEFT HIM GENERALLY A YEOMAN OR AN ARTISAN SHARING THE COLLECTIVE STATUS OF HIS GUILD
much. The workmen grew in prosperity, but also they began to rise into a new class, and a class beneath them of mere labourers who were not serfs began to form, and to lay the foundations of capitalistic production. England got carried into the rising current of commercialism, and the rich men and landlords to turn their attention to the production of profit instead of the production of livelihood; the gild-less journeyman and the landless labourer slowly came into existence; the landlord got rid of his tenants all he could, turned tillage into pasture, and sweated the pastures to death in his eagerness for wool, which for him meant money and the breeding of money; till at last the place of the serf, which had stood empty, as it were, during a certain transition period, during which the non-capitalistic production was expanding up to its utmost limit, was filled by the proletarian working for the service of a master in a new fashion, a fashion which exploited and (woe worth the while!)  THESE FACTION FIGHTS MUCH THE WORKMEN GREW IN PROSPERITY BUT ALSO THEY BEGAN TO RISE INTO A NEW CLASS AND A CLASS BENEATH THEM OF MERE LABORERS WHO WERE NOT SERFS BEGAN TO FORM AND TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF CAPITALISTIC PRODUCTION ENGLAND GOT CARRIED INTO THE RISING CURRENT OF COMMERCIALISM AND THE RICH MEN AND LANDLORDS TO TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE PRODUCTION OF PROFIT INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION OF LIVELIHOOD THE GUILTLESS JOURNEYMAN AND THE LANDLESS LABORER SLOWLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE THE LANDLORD GOT RID OF HIS TENANTS ALL HE COULD TURNED TILLAGE INTO PASTURE AND SWEATED THE PASTURES TO DEATH IN HIS EAGERNESS FOR WOOL WHICH FOR HIM MEANT MONEY AND THE BREEDING OF MONEY TILL AT LAST THE PLACE OF THE SERF WHICH HAD STOOD EMPTY AS IT WERE DURING A CERTAIN TRANSITION PERIOD DURING WHICH THE NON CAPITALISTIC PRODUCTION WAS EXPANDING UP TO ITS UTMOST LIMIT WAS FILLED BY THE PROLETARIAN WORKING FOR THE SERVICE OF A MASTER IN A NEW FASHION A FASHION WHICH EXPLOITED AND WERE WORTH THE WHILE
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