The factory was about a mile distant from their cottage.
which belonged indeed to Mr Trafford, and had been built by
him. He was the younger son of a family that had for
centuries been planted in the land, but who, not satisfied
with the factitious consideration with which society
compensates the junior members of a territorial house for
their entailed poverty, had availed himself of some
opportunities that offered themselves, and had devoted his
energies to those new sources of wealth that were unknown to
his ancestors. His operations at first had been extremely
limited, like his fortunes; but with a small capital, though
his profits were not considerable, he at least gained
experience. With gentle blood in his veins, and old English
feelings, he imbibed, at an early period of his career, a
correct conception of the relations which should subsist
between the employer and the employed. He felt that between
them there should be other ties than the payment and the
receipt of wages.
A distant and childless relative, who made him a visit,
pleased with his energy and enterprise, and touched by the
development of his social views, left him a considerable sum,
at a moment too when a great opening was offered to
manufacturing capital and skill.
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