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  • In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : A. N. Wilson Quotes , Class Quotes , People Quotes
  • If you belong to an in-group of good, or saved, or elite people, you can only know that you’re in because someone else is out. You cannot live on the right side of the tracks without there being a wrong side of the tracks, so you ought to be grateful to the outside for having the privilege of being on the inside.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Grateful Quotes , People Quotes
  • If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Abdurrahman Wahid Quotes , People Quotes , Islam Quotes