Utilizing human resources effectively

“Since the general introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine; and far more attention has been given to perfect the raw materials of wood and metals than those of body and mind. Give but due reflection to this subject, and you will find that man, even as an instrument for the creation of wealth, may be still greatly improved. “But, my friends, a far more interesting and gratifying consideration remains. Adopt the means which erelong shall be rendered obvious to every understanding, and you may not only partially improve those living instruments, but learn how to impart to them such excellence as shall make them infinitely surpass those of the present and all former times.”