[lbo-talk] Marx quote

Peter Fay peterrfay at gmail.com
Sat Feb 12 14:15:43 PST 2011


And of course, was Engels...

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Peter Fay <peterrfay at gmail.com> wrote:


> This one from Condition of the Working Class in England?
>
> The history of the proletariat in England begins with the second half of
> the last century, with the invention of the steam-engine and of machinery
> for working cotton. These inventions gave rise, as is well known, to an
> industrial revolution, a revolution which altered the whole civil society;
> one, the historical importance of which is only now beginning to be
> recognised.
>
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> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> There's a quote from Marx that starts something like "The steam engine
>> gave us...." Anyone know what it is?
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