Anyone who has lived among, let us say, the watch-makers in Switzerland and knows their inner family life, will recognise that the condition of these workers was out of all comparison superior, in every respect, material and moral, to the conditions of millions of factory hands.
This observation contrasts the living conditions of Swiss watchmakers with those of factory workers, highlighting a more favorable situation for the former.
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