Note 27 — Chapter XV · THE POWER OF THE TRAINED HAND.

“Your wealth, your amusement, your pride, would all be alike impossible, but for those whom you scorn or forget.... The sailor wrestling with the sea’s rage; the quiet student poring over his book or his vial; the common worker, without praise, and nearly without bread, fulfilling his task as your horses drag your carts, hopeless, and spurned of all: these are the men by whom England lives.”—“Sesame and Lilies,” p. 68. By John Ruskin, LL.D. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884.