helookedatJem“ofhisattentionstoMaryBarton。Thisyoungman，Wilson，hasheardofthem，yousee。““Thepersonwhotoldmesaidclearlysheneitherhad，norwouldtellMary’sfather，“interposedJem。“Idon’tbelievehe’deverheardofit；heweren’tamantokeepstillinsuchamatter，ifhehad。““Besides，“saidJob，“thereasonhegaveonhisdeath-bed，sotospeak，wasenough；’speciallytothosewhoknewhim。““Youmeanhisfeelingsregardingthetreatmentoftheworkmenbythemasters；
youthinkheactedfrommotivesofrevenge，inconsequenceofthepartmysonhadtakeninputtingdownthestrike？““Well，sir，“repliedJob，“it’shardtosay：JohnBartonwasnotamantotakecounselwithpeople；nordidhemakemanywordsabouthisdoings。
SoIcanonlyjudgefromhiswayofthinkingandtalkingingeneral，neverhavingheardhimbreatheasyllableconcerningthismatterinparticular。
YouseeheweresadlyputabouttomakegreatrichesandgreatpovertysquarewithChrist’sGospel“——Jobpaused，inordertotryandexpresswhatwasclearenoughinhisownmind，astotheeffectproducedonJohnBartonbythegreatandmockingcontrastspresentedbythevarietiesofhumancondition。Beforehecouldfindsuitablewordstoexplainhismeaning，MrCarsonspoke。“YoumeanhewasanOwenite；allforequalityandcommunityofgoods，andthatkindofabsurdity。““No，no!JohnBartonwasnofool。Noneedtotellhimthatwereallmenequalto-night，somewouldgetthestartbyrisinganhourearlierto-morrow。
Noryetdidhecareforgoods，norwealth；nomanless，sothathecouldgetdailybreadforhimandhis；butwhathurthimsore，andrankledinhimaslongasIknewhimand，sir，itranklesinmanyapoorman’sheartfarmorethanthewantofanycreature-comforts，andputsastingintostarvationitself，wasthatthosewhoworefinerclothes，andeatbetterfood，andhadmoremoneyintheirpockets，kepthimatarm’slength，andcarednotwhetherhisheartwassorryorglad；whetherhelivedordied，——whetherhewasboundforheavenorbell。Itseemedhardtohimthataheapofgoldshouldparthimandhisbrothersofarasunder。Forhewasalovingmanbeforehegrewmadwithseeingsuchashewasslighted，asifChristHimselfhadnotbeenpoor。Atonetime，I’veheardhimsay，hefeltkindlytowardseveryman，richorpoor，becausehethoughttheywereallmenalike。Butlatterlyhegrewaggravatedwiththesorrowsandsufferingthathesawandwhichhethoughtthemastersmighthelpiftheywould。““That’sthenotionyou’veallofyougot，“saidMrCarson。Now，howintheworldcanwehelpit？Wecannotregulatethedemandforlabour。Nomanorsetofmencandoit。ItdependsoneventswhichGodalonecancontrol。