Piercy RavenstoneThinkers

Idleness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠possible only where labour is productive: if one man's work can feed five, there will be four idle men for every one at work.

Machinery (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠called into action not by a scarcity of men but by the ease of herding them together, which is why it abounds where idle men are most numerous.

Machinery (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠called into action not by a shortage of men but by the ease of herding them together; it abounds where idle men are most numerous.

Property (n.) springs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from the productivity of labour: when one man’s work can feed five, there will be four idle men for every one at work.