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..., Steam-engines furnish the means not only of their support but of their multiplication. They create a vast demand for fuel; and, while they lend their powerful arms to drain the pits and to raise the
coals, they call into employment multitudes of miners, engineers, ship-builders, and sailors, and cause
the construction of canals and railways; and, while they enable these rich fields of industry to be
cultivated to the utmost, they leave thousands of fine arable fields free for the production of food to
man, which must have been otherwise allotted to the food of horses. Steam-engines moreover, by
the cheapness and steadiness of their action, fabricate (produce) cheap goods, and procure (acquire)
in their exchange a liberal supply of the necessaries and comforts of life, produced in foreign lands...
Source: Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufactures: or, an Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and
Commercial Economy of the Factory System of Great Britain, published in 1835
What is Andrew Ure's point of view regarding steam engines?
Steam engines lead to poorly made goods.
Steam engines could lead to conflict with other countries,
Steam engines do more harm than good because of pollution
Steam engines benefit society because they lead to industrial growth and improvements in the quality of life.

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