The Morals of the Great Exhibition
Anon
Genre: | Essay, Drollery |
Subjects: | Exhibitions, Morality, Manufactories, Political Economy, Gender, Class |
Noting the various morals that 'grow out of' the Great Exhibition, presents 'a sample' of the morals drawn by different sections of the population. These include the 'Protectionist' and 'Free Trader', who claim the moral of the exhibition to be the 'humbug' and virtues of free trade respectively; the wife, who believes the moral to be to 'Get the men to take you to see that stupid machinery'; and the artisan who wonders 'how they'd get on without us?—Or we without them, for that matter'. |
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