He struggled to get every penny he could, and had to do so or he would not have been able to pay his labourers their wages, and they struggled to be allowed to work quietly, pleasantly, and just as they were used to work. It was to his interest that every labourer should get through as much work as possible and at the same time give his mind to it, not injuring the winnowing machine, the horse-rake, or the threshing machine, but working intelligently.
Pero ahora veía claramente (mientras escribía su libro sobre economía rural que se basaba en que el principal elemento de ella era el trabajador, lo comprendía más) que aquel modo de llevar las cosas de la propiedad se reducía a una lucha feroz y tenaz entre él y los trabajadores, en la que había de su lado un continuo deseo de transformar las cosas de acuerdo con el sistema que él consideraba mejor, mientras que los obreros se inclinaban a mantenerlas en su estado natural.