Excerpt from The Hand Loom Linen Weavers of Ireland and Their WorkWe prate much, boasting, of the might of steam, And what its throbbing energies have done, We tell of wealth and glory shrewdly won From intricate devices, where the gleam That lights the clouds becomes a golden stream Of wire-sent power, stupendous: Is there none Of forces else to praise beneath the sun3 These, of themselves, were but a worthless dream. Aye! One thing more the world of work demands, Ere labor can arrive at any goal A human force more firm than turning bands, And more enduring than all wheels that roll A man, with skill and patience in his hands A man, with strength and courage in his soul!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.