Most memorable…was the discovery (made by all the rich men in England at once) that women and children could work twenty-five hours a day in factories without many of them dying or becoming excessively deformed. This was known as the Industrial Revelation.


1066 and All That (1930)

W. C. Sellar Quotes

Most memorable…was the discovery (made by all the rich men in England at once) that women and children could work twenty-five hours a day in...

Most memorable…was the discovery (made by all the rich men in England at once) that women and children could work twenty-five hours a day in...

Most memorable…was the discovery (made by all the rich men in England at once) that women and children could work twenty-five hours a day in...

Most memorable…was the discovery (made by all the rich men in England at once) that women and children could work twenty-five hours a day in...