CHAPTER XVII.

POWER OF STEAM AND CONTEMPT OF ARTISANS.

A few Million People now wield twice as much Industrial Power as all the People on the Globe exerted a Hundred Years ago. -- A Revolution wrought, not by the Schools and Colleges, but by the Mechanic. -- The Union between Science and Art prevented by the Speculative Philosophy of the Middle Ages. -- Statesmen, Lawyers, Littérateurs, Poets, and Artists more highly esteemed than Civil Engineers, Mechanics, and Artisans. -- The Refugee Artisan a Power in England, the Refugee Politician worthless. -- Prejudice against the Artisan Class shown by Mr. Galton in his Work on “Hereditary Genius.” -- The Influence of Slavery: it has lasted Thousands of Years, and still Survives. 184