CHAPTER V 



THE ENEMY OF MANKIND 



" I never went over a more interesting twenty miles 

 than those between Rochdale and Burnley. Naturally, 

 the valley has been one of the most beautiful in the 

 Lancashire hills ; one of the far away solitudes, full of old 

 shepherd ways of life. At this time there are not, I 

 speak deliberately, and I believe quite literally, there 

 are not, I think, more than a thousand yards of road to 

 be traversed anywhere, without passing a furnace or 

 mill. 



" Now, is that the kind of thing you want to come 

 everywhere ? " Ruskin. 



THERE are people who with facundity 

 maintain that modern cleanliness of the body, 

 sanitation in the house, and sweetness of the 

 streets, all of which are undoubted benefits 

 to mankind, are due to Science. But I can- 

 not perceive why it should need any Science 

 to persuade people to wash themselves, and 

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