“From the commencement of my management I viewed the population, with the mechanism and every other part of the establishment, as a system composed of many parts, and which it was my duty and interest so t0 combine, as that every hand, as well as every spring, lever, and wheel, should effectively co-operate to produce the greatest pecuniary gain to the proprietors. ”————Robert Owen, “An Address To the Superintendents of Manufactories”