He saw he must either cheat Dr.Amboyne, by shamming work, or else must leave Hillsborough.
He had the honesty to go to the doctor and say that he had mastered the whole matter, and didn't see his way to take any more wages from a friend.
"You mean you have mastered the broad facts." "I have, sir, and they are beyond belief; especially the file-cutters.
They are the most numerous of all the Trades, and die like sheep.

If your notion about Life, Labor, and Capital is right, the Trades are upside down; for the deadliest are the worst paid." "And are you prepared with the remedies ?" "Not I." "Yet you fancy you are at the end of your work.

Why, you are only beginning.

Now comes the real brain work; invention.

Now are craniology and you upon your trial.