It has been too common to accuse the poor of our manufacturing districts of stupidity and barbarism; but when they have been suffered to remain in this state of supine stolidity, it is the fault of their superiors. Nothing can file off those moral asperities which deform and brutalise the character, but a better education; a blessing let us hope, not too distant from the meanest.
Walker JK. A sketch of the medical and general topography of Huddersfield and its adjacent district. Lond Med Repository 1818;10: 1-16