Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
It is not known where he that invented the plough was born, nor where he died: yet he has effected more for the happiness of the world than the whole race of heroes and of conquerors, who have drenched it with tears, and manured it with blood, and whose birth, parentage, and education have been handed down to us with a precision proportionate to the mischief they have done.
The same is true of almost all the inventers, scientists, and creators ot technology. They are more influential in the long run for more people than the Generals and Politicians.
Charles Caleb Colton, ~1780-1832, English clergyman and writer, Lacon
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
Executed by the English for his part in the Easter Uprising. This was a creative idea to being technology to bear on small farms. America was exploring cooperatives and other devices of trying to allow people who were not rich and had little or not capital, to utilize the emerging technology that would be so important.
He himself became a victim of the Civil War when Oliver Cromwell ordered him beheaded in 1658
The first Bishop in Britain, sent by Pope Gregory in 597. This was in large part fulfilled in 607 when Ethelfrith led Saxon troops to Wales killing many including 200 priests who had been sent to pray for the Welsh.
For "The pen is mightier than the sword," see Bulwer-Lytton
This quotation is historically important because it documents the radical change in agriculture that technology brought on. In this period it was steam power. There were steam powered tractors in addition to what he enumerated. The production cost and hence the prices of agricultural products became much lower increasing the standard of living for all consumers. However, the small farmer, without capitol and the scale of a large enough farm, was put in a position in that he could not compete with the major products of agriculture without huge investment in capital equipment and large enough farms. While many went out of business, many others shifted to specialized crops and raising animals where the automation was not as necessary. This process has been on going in American agriculture since the invention of mechanized farm implements, and the small farmer has gradually become more rare. But the process has been ongoing throughout American history.
While the inventor of the American M16, a weapon not as good, became a millionaire, the General got a medal but by the beginning of the 21st century was penniless. See {635785}.
Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.
