Their plight evoked some sympathy (Lord Byron made a brilliant speech in their defense in the House of Lords); their arguments, however, did not. There could be no rejecting progress: the future lay with machine production, not with old-fashioned handicrafts.
他们的不幸引来了一些同情（拜伦勋爵（Lord Byron）在上议院为他们做过出色的演讲）；但他们的诉求并不值得同情。进步是不可阻挡的：未来是属于机器生产的，而不是属于老式手工作业的。亚当·斯密告诉我们，试图管制贸易就像试图“管制风”一样愚蠢。