THE FAMILY AND THE WORKERS "It is all work, and forgotten work, this peopled, clothed, articulate-speaking, high-towered, wide-acred world.

For the thistle a blade of grass, later a drop of nourishing milk, later a nobler man.

Man perfects himself as well as the world by working."-- CARLYLE.
"Every man's task is his life preserver."-- EMERSON.
"What was his name?
I do not know his name.
No form of bronze and no memorial stones Show me the place where lie his mouldering bones.
Only a cheerful city stands, Builded by his hardened hands; Only ten thousand homes, Where every day The cheerful play Of love and hope and courage comes; These are his monuments, and these alone,-- There is no form of bronze and no memorial stone." -- EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
"Let us now praise the artificer and the workmaster Who is wakeful to finish his work.
These put their trust in their hands And each becometh wise in his own work.
Though they sit not in the seat of the judge, Nor understand the covenant of judgment; Though they declare not instruction nor utter dark sayings Yet without these shall not a city be inhabited Nor shall men sojourn therein.
For these maintain the fabric of the world And in the handiwork of their craft is their prayer." -- ECCLESIASTICUS.
=Changes from Ancient to Modern Forms of Labor.=--The change from the domestic and handicraft stage in industry to the capitalized, power-driven, machine-dominated, and highly specialized work-system of the present day has been often described and is a part of all the economic problems of modern times.

We do not need here to rehearse the details of that change or to speak of its effect upon workers in general.

What we must do, however, is to trace specifically some of the results of that industrial change in the constitution and in the development of family life.
In the old order the worker owned his tool, selected his material, controlled the process of his task, and often was master of the sale of the finished product.