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Now, this is as far as a man who values art and is reasonable would go in the matter of machinery _as long as he was free_—that is, was not _forced_ to work for another man's profit; so long as he was living in a society _that had accepted equality of condition_. NOW THIS IS AS FAR AS A MAN WHO VALUES ART AND IS REASONABLE WOULD GO IN THE MATTER OF MACHINERY AS LONG AS HE WAS FREE THAT IS WAS NOT FORCED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER MAN'S PROFIT SO LONG AS HE WAS LIVING IN A SOCIETY THAT HAD ACCEPTED EQUALITY OF CONDITION
nd think, or to carve the handle of his knife. That, so far, is unmixed gain in the use of a machine—always, mind you, supposing equality of condition among men; no art is lost, leisure or time for more pleasurable work is gained. Perhaps a perfectly reasonable and free man would stop there in his dealings with machinery; but such reason and freedom are too much to expect, so let us follow our machine-inventor a step farther. He has to weave plain cloth, and finds doing so dullish on the one hand, and on the other that a power-loom will weave the cloth nearly as well as a hand-loom: so, in order to gain more leisure or time for more pleasurable work, he uses a power-loom, and foregoes the small advantage of the little extra art in the cloth. But so doing, as far as the art is concerned, he has not got a pure gain; he has made a bargain between art and labour, and got a makeshift as a consequence. I do not say that he may not be right in so doing, but that he has lost as well as gained. REE TO SMOKE HIS PIPE AND THINK OR TO CARVE THE HANDLE OF HIS KNIFE THAT SO FAR IS AN UNMIXED GAIN IN THE USE OF A MACHINE ALWAYS MY DUE SUPPOSING EQUALITY OF CONDITION AMONG MEN NO ART IS LOST LEISURE OR TIME FOR MORE PLEASURABLE WORK IS GAINED PERHAPS THE PERFECTLY REASONABLE AND FREE MAN WOULD STOP THERE IN HIS DEALINGS WITH MACHINERY BUT SUCH REASON AND FREEDOM ARE TOO MUCH TO EXPECT SO LET US FOLLOW OUR MACHINE INVENTOR A STEP FARTHER HE HAS TO WEAVE PLAIN CLOTH AND FINDS DOING SO DULLISH ON THE ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER THAT A POWER LOOM WILL WEAVE THE CROSS NEARLY AS WELL AS A HAND LOOM SO IN ORDER TO GAIN MORE LEISURE OR TIME FOR MORE PLEASURABLE WORK HE USES A POWER LOOM AND FOREGOES THE SMALL ADVANTAGE OF THE LITTLE EXTRA ART IN THE CLOTH BUT SO DOING AS FAR AS THE ART IS CONCERNED HE HAS NOT GOT A PURE CANE HE HAS MADE A BARGAIN BETWEEN ART AND LABOUR AND GOT A MAKESHIFT AS A CONSEQUENCE I DO NOT SAY THAT HE MAY NOT BE RIGHT IN SO DOING BUT THAT HE HAS LOST AS WELL AS GAINED
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